Byzantine Treasures

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The Lion of Knidos-1.jpg
The Lion of Knidos, Museum Description: Colossal marble statue of a recumbent lion; carved with i...
Copper Alloy Counterpoise Coin Balance.jpg
Copper alloy counterpoise coin balance; in the form of a rectangular beam with transverse bar, La...
Enkolpion.png
Cleveland Art Museum of Art
Enkolpion with the Crucifixion (front) and Saints Theodore and George (back), silver gilt and clo...
Solidus of Constantine I (306–337).png
Solidus of Constantine I (306–337), Material: Gold.  The museum is open to the public Tuesday thr...
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...
Horse and Lion Hanging  Early Byzantine.png
Horse and Lion Hanging, Period: Early Byzantine, 6th century A.D. Materials: wool and linen. The ...
Textile fragment.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Coptic Textile fragment, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 4th–6th century A.D. Object Place: Egypt....
Earring; Middle Byzantine.jpg
Earring; Period: Middle Byzantine; 11thc.-12thc.  Material: gold. British Museum is closed 24, 25...
Calyx (Chalice).png
Cleveland Art Museum of Art
Calyx (Chalice), Period: Middle Byzantine, 900s-1000s. Blood jasper (heliotrope) with gilt-copper...
Button, 500s.png
Button, Early Byzantine circa: 500s. Materials: Rock crystal with a garnet mounted in a gold gran...
Pectoral cross, early Byzantine.jpg
Pectoral cross. Material: gold; flat; with Greek inscription and dotted borders; open loop at top...
Pair of Earrings with Pearls, Emeralds, and Sapphires.png
Pair of Earrings. Materials: Pearls, Emeralds, Sapphires, Gold and Gems. Period: Early Byzantine,...
Pair of Loop Earrings; Gold.jpg
Pair of Loop Earrings; Materials: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine. 6thC-7thC. Subjects: Cross, Peac...
Glass Cameo, Late Byzantine.jpg
Glass Cameo, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 13th century A.D. Brick-red, opaque; on the front, th...
Gold coin of Leontius II.jpg
Gold coin. Ruler: Leontius II; Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 695-698; Minted in: Rome. British ...
Square Segmentum with Two Birds.jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Square Segmentum with Two Birds, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 400s – 500s; Made in: Egyp...
Medallion with Saint Paul from an Icon Frame-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint Paul from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa:ca. 1100, Made in C...
cross byzantium.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cross, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, Made in Constantinople, Materials: Cloisonne enamel...
Crescent-Shaped Pendant (2).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Crescent-Shaped Pendant, Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 11th century. Materials: gold filigree ...
Fragment, Sleeve Ornament of a Tunic (2).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment, Sleeve Ornament of a Tunic, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th – 7th century. Ma...
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