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
Relief plaque icon, depicting the Crucifixion with full-length figures of the Virgin on the left ...
Constantine Xeros, Sebastos. Period: Late Byzantine, 12th.c. second half. Translation: May you, a...
Tapestry panel: Head of a man. Coptic, Egypt. Period: Early Byzantine circa: 4th-5th century A.D....
Icon of Depicting Virgin Mary Thornousa, which was probably part of a wider composition depicting...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Descent into Limbo, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Dimensions: Leaf: 20.6 × 14....
Pair of Tapestry Woven Square Dress Ornaments. Egyptian (Coptic). Period: Early Byzantine, circa:...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Large Hanging, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th century, Made in: Egypt. Materia...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Last Supper, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 13th century, Place: Nicaea, Modern Turkey. (crea...
British Museum
Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...
Coptic Textile fragment, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 4th–6th century A.D. Object Place: Egypt....
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Luke, Manuscript. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: late 13th century. Place (created): Consta...
British Museum
Gold Signet Ring, Period: Late Byzantine circa: 14thc. Made in: Constantinople. Diameter: 28 mil...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Curtain, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5th century. Made in: Egypt, Materials: ta...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and P...
Head of a Female Saint, Fresco transferred to panel, Period: Late Byzantine circa: 12th-14th cent...
Fragment from a Curtain, Materials: tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool. P...
British Museum
Relief icon; Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 14-15th c. carved white steatite in the shape of half...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Mark. Period: Late Byzantine circa: late 13th century. Place: Constantinople (Place created...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Altar Cloth or Podea. Period: Late Byzantine, circa: late 14th century. Made in: probably Greece ...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Ornament (Gammadion and Segmentum) from a Tunic, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th century. Mat...