Byzantine Treasures

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Ring of Leontios-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ring of Leontios, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000, Materials: Gold, niello, Inscribed: R...
Steelyard weight.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Steelyard weight in the form of a bust of an empress, Period: Early Byzantine Period, circa: 5th ...
Roundel with Emperor John II Comnenus  Byzantine.png
Roundel with Emperor John II Comnenus. Period: Byzantine, ca. 1110 – 1118. Material: marble...
Molivdovul. Manuel I Comnenus.jpg
The State Hermitage Museum
Molivdovul. Manuel I Comnenus, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1143-1180. Material: lead. The co...
Lamp for a Stand, Early Byzantine.jpg
Lamp for a Stand, Period: Early Byzantine. Material: Bronze.  Found: Egypt. In the shape of a pea...
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros.png
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros, Period: Late Byzantine, 13th century. The museum is open...
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....
Diptych Showing Twelve Festive Scenes.jpg
The State Hermitage Museum
Diptych Showing Twelve Festive Scenes, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: Late 10th century. Materi...
Ornament (1).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Ornament (Gammadion and Segmentum) from a Tunic, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th century. Mat...
Gold Earring, Early Byzantine.jpg
Gold Earring, Period: Early Byzantine. circa: 6thC-7thC.  Found/Acquired: Erythraea (Europe,Greec...
Textile Fragment.jpg
Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...
Bracelet with Jewelled Clasp.png
Bracelet with Jewelled Clasp, Period: Early Byzantine, Date: -circa-Second half 4th Century (poss...
Medallion with Christ from an Icon Frame-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This medallion of Christ is from a group of twelve that once surrounded an icon of the archangel ...
The Byzantine Emperor Welcoming Roussillon and Martel.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Illuminated Manuscript: The Byzantine Emperor Welcoming Roussillon and Martel. Period: Post Byzan...
Gold coin. Tiberius III.jpg
Gold coin. Ruler: Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor; Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 705-711; Mint...
Pair of Tapestry Woven Square Dress Ornaments.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pair of Tapestry Woven Square Dress Ornaments. Egyptian (Coptic). Period: Early Byzantine, circa:...
Oliphant; Ivory.jpg
Oliphant; Material: ivory; with two silver bands. Period: Middle Byzantine / 10thC-11thC.  Made i...
Gold Cross.jpg
Cross, with a decorative quatrefoil rosette at the juncture of the arms. Materials: gold. Period:...
Plate with a tigress attacking an ibex-1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Plate with a Tigress Attacking an Ibex, Eastern Mediterranean, Material: Silver. Period: Early By...
weight; Early Byzantine; 6thC-7thC.jpg
Copper Alloy Weight, Period: Early Byzantine, 6thc-7thc, discoidal with double-grooved convex pro...
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