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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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Byzantine Pectoral Cross (front and back), Period: Late Byzantine circa: 1200–1400 A.D. , Benaki ...
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Heraldic Eagle. Decorated with a garnet and glass paste. Material: gold. Period: Early Byzantine;...
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Oval cameo of glass paste, with a representation of St Dimitrios. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa...
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Small icon of St Nicholas. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: First half of 13th century. Materials:...
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Icon of Depicting Virgin Mary Thornousa, which was probably part of a wider composition depicting...
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Small steatite icon of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple , in high relief. Period: Late By...
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Double-sided circular jewellery attachment. Christ Pantokrator is depicted on one side and the Vi...
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Medallion with a Bust of St Symeon; Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 10th-11th c. Materials: gold...
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Relief from the exterior ornamentation of a church at Amaseia in the Pontos. Materials: stone, Pe...
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Dish of brown, fine-grained clay covered with a white slip. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: Late...
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Pectoral cross with busts of Jesus Christ and saints, silver-gilt. On the reverse, the engraved i...
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Three sections of a Gold necklace. Materials: sapphires, emeralds, cornelians and pearls. Period:...
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Ring, Materials: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th-7th c. Ring with busts of saints on th...
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Key, Materials: Bronze. Made in: Constantinople. Period: Early Byzantine (?). The Benaki Museum o...
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Cross, with a decorative quatrefoil rosette at the juncture of the arms. Materials: gold. Period:...
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Ring with cross-shaped quatrefoil calyx bezel. Materials: gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: ...
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Gold necklace with sapphires, amethysts, emeralds and pearls. Period: Early Byzantine. Place/Find...