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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Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...
Benediction Cross, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200s-1400s. Materials: black schist, gold, sil...
Fragment of an Icon of the Crucifixion with Mary Magdalen and the Virgin Mary. Material: Steatite...
Seal, John Tarchaneiotes, Period: Late Byzantine, 13 th. century. (second half). St. John the Ba...
Reliquary Cross with the Crucifixion, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: Late 12th-early 13th century...
Gospels of Luke and John, Period:Middle Byzantine, circa: Late 12th-early 13th century A.D. The ...
Horse and Lion Hanging, Period: Early Byzantine, 6th century A.D. Materials: wool and linen. The ...
Large Textile with a Hero Attacking a Lion, Period: Early Byzantine, 600-900 A.D. The museum is o...
Hanging with Hestia Polyolbus, Period: Early Byzantine, First half of 6th Century. The museum is ...
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros, Period: Late Byzantine, 13th century. The museum is open...
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Cameo; opaque red; Period: Late Byzantine circa: 13 thc. Materials: glass. Made in: Venice. The ...
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Relief icon; Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 14-15th c. carved white steatite in the shape of half...
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Copper alloy counterpoise coin balance; in the form of a rectangular beam with transverse bar, La...
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Relief plaque icon, depicting the Crucifixion with full-length figures of the Virgin on the left ...
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Gold Signet Ring, Period: Late Byzantine circa: 14thc. Made in: Constantinople. Diameter: 28 mil...
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Glass Cameo, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 13th century A.D. Brick-red, opaque; on the front, th...
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Piece of woollen coptic textile, Period: Early Byzantine. circa: 6th century-8th century. Height:...
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Slipper; leather; with pointed toe and thick sole with gilt borders on the upper part and the fig...
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Octagonal intaglio, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 14thc. Made in: Constantinople. Dimensions: He...
Tapestry fragment Egyptian (Coptic), Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th-6th century A.D. Materia...