Byzantine Treasures

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Portrait of an official-1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Portrait of an official, Period: Early Byzantine Period, circa:  Late 5th–early 6th century A.D. ...
Tremissis of Anastasius -1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tremissis of Anastasius I, Gold, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: A.D. 491–518. Mint: Constantinop...
The Descent into Limbo.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Descent into Limbo, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 13th century. Dimensions: Leaf: 20.6 × 14....
Book Cover with a Cross Flanked by Cypress Trees.png
Book Cover with a Cross Flanked by Cypress Trees, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: Mid 6th Century...
Gold ring-2.jpg
Ring with cross-shaped quatrefoil calyx bezel. Materials: gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa:  ...
Hanging with Hestia Polyolbus (Giver of Blessings) Hanging  Early Byzantine.png
Hanging with Hestia Polyolbus, Period: Early Byzantine, First half of 6th Century. The museum is ...
Mosaic Panel.JPG
Mosaic Panel. Period: Early Byzantine;  circa: Late 6th – early 7th century. Findspot: Ista...
Page from an Armenian Manuscript of the Romance of Alexander.png
Page from an Armenian Manuscript of the Romance of Alexander. Period: Post-Byzantine,  1525 A.D. ...
Solidus of Constantine I (306–337).png
Solidus of Constantine I (306–337), Material: Gold.  The museum is open to the public Tuesday thr...
Reliquary Cross; Cloisonné Enamel and Gold, Middle Byzantine-2.jpg
Reliquary Cross; Materials: Cloisonné Enamel and Gold, Period: Middle Byzantine (10thc.) Made in:...
The Last Supper.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Last Supper, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 13th century, Place: Nicaea, Modern Turkey. (crea...
Oval Pendant, Early Byzantine.jpg
Gold Oval Pendant; embossed with a figure of the Virgin  standing in the attitude of an orans wit...
Gold coin of Manuel I Comnenus-2.jpg
Gold coin; Ruler: Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor; circa: 1143-1180; Minted in: Constantinop...
Chain with Two Pendants and a Cross (2).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Chain with Two Pendants and a Cross, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th century. Type of art wor...
Solidus of Constans II--1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Solidus of Constans II, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 651–654. Minted in: Constantinople. Mater...
Chain with Pendant Cross.png
Chain with Pendant Cross, Materials: gold, glass, pearl, garnet, and sapphire. Period: Early Byza...
Tapestry panel Head of a man.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tapestry panel: Head of a man. Coptic, Egypt. Period: Early Byzantine circa: 4th-5th century A.D....
Saint Luke-2.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Luke, Manuscript, Period: Late Byzantine circa: early 13th century. Place: Nicomedia (Moder...
Fragment of a Tunic.jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Tunic, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: first half of 7th century, Made in: Egypt. M...
Gold coin of Nicephorus I.jpg
Gold coin. Ruler: Nicephorus I, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 802-811. Minted in: Italy (south...
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