Veil Embroidered with Gold Thread. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: end of the 13th or beginning of the 14th c. A liturgical article used for covering sacred vessels on an altar. It depicts Jesus in a portrayal of the Communion of the Apostles, symbolic of the sacrament of Holy Communion. One of the rare extant Byzantine embroideries. Made in: Constantinople. Dimensions: 0.52×0.65 m.
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British Museum
Slipper; leather; with pointed toe and thick sole with gilt borders on the upper part and the fig...
Tapestry fragment Egyptian (Coptic), Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th-6th century A.D. Materia...
Fragment from a Curtain, Materials: tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool. P...
Small icon of St Nicholas. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: First half of 13th century. Materials:...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment, Sleeve Ornament of a Tunic, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th – 7th century. Ma...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and P...
Fragment of an Icon of the Crucifixion with Mary Magdalen and the Virgin Mary. Material: Steatite...
British Museum
Icon with St John the Baptist, Icon painted in egg tempera with gold leaf on a wood panel surface...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Luke, Manuscript, Period: Late Byzantine circa: early 13th century. Place: Nicomedia (Moder...
British Museum
Relief icon; Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 14-15th c. carved white steatite in the shape of half...
British Museum
Cameo; opaque red; Period: Late Byzantine circa: 13 thc. Materials: glass. Made in: Venice. The ...
Benediction Cross, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200s-1400s. Materials: black schist, gold, sil...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Curtain, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 500s. Made in: Egypt, Materials: tabby weav...
British Museum
Octagonal intaglio, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 14thc. Made in: Constantinople. Dimensions: He...
British Museum
Copper alloy counterpoise coin balance; in the form of a rectangular beam with transverse bar, La...
British Museum
Glass Cameo, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 13th century A.D. Brick-red, opaque; on the front, th...
Small steatite icon of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple , in high relief. Period: Late By...
The State Hermitage Museum
Icon of St George, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Material: soapstone. Dimensions: ...
British Museum
Cameo; red glass; quadrangular; Period: 13thC, Late Byzantine. Figure of St John the Baptist in r...
Icon of Depicting Virgin Mary Thornousa, which was probably part of a wider composition depicting...