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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The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Mark. Period: Late Byzantine circa: late 13th century. Place: Constantinople (Place created...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Tunic, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5th – 7th century; Materials: tapestry...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Square Segmentum, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5th century. Type of art work: Textile, Materia...
Large Textile with a Hero Attacking a Lion, Period: Early Byzantine, 600-900 A.D. The museum is o...
Fragment of an Icon of the Crucifixion with Mary Magdalen and the Virgin Mary. Material: Steatite...
British Museum
Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Luke, Manuscript, Period: Late Byzantine circa: early 13th century. Place: Nicomedia (Moder...
Small steatite icon of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple , in high relief. Period: Late By...
The State Hermitage Museum
Central Part of Triptych: Christ Pantocrator. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: Second half of 13th ...
Fragment with Running Figure, Materials: tapestry; linen and wool, Period: Early Byzantine circa:...
Tapestry fragment Egyptian (Coptic), Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th-6th century A.D. Materia...
British Museum
Relief icon; Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 14-15th c. carved white steatite in the shape of half...
Small icon of St Nicholas. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: First half of 13th century. Materials:...
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Descent into Limbo, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Dimensions: Leaf: 20.6 × 14....
Reliquary Cross with the Crucifixion, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: Late 12th-early 13th century...
British Museum
Glass Cameo, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 13th century A.D. Brick-red, opaque; on the front, th...
Double-sided circular jewellery attachment. Christ Pantokrator is depicted on one side and the Vi...
Icon of Depicting Virgin Mary Thornousa, which was probably part of a wider composition depicting...
Fragment from a Curtain, Materials: tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool. P...
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros, Period: Late Byzantine, 13th century. The museum is open...