Byzantine Treasures

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Relief with Achilles on Skyros-2.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Relief based on story of Achilles receiving his armor on the island of Skyros. Period: Early Byza...
Almond-Shaped Pendant.png
Almond-Shaped Pendant, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 400-600. Materials: gold, lapis lazuli, ga...
Processional Cross.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Processional Cross, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000–1050, Materials: Silver, silver-gilt. O...
Sapphire and Tourmaline Ring Gems.JPG
Sapphire and Tourmaline Ring Gems; Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6-7th century. Findspot/Locati...
Fragment of a Curtain (1).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Fragment of a Curtain, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5th century. Made in: Egypt, Materials: ta...
Copper Alloy Counterpoise Coin Balance.jpg
Copper alloy counterpoise coin balance; in the form of a rectangular beam with transverse bar, La...
the Triumphal Entry.JPG
Pendant depicting the scene “Triumphal Entry” . Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5-6th...
Terracotta Figure of Winged Nike Flying.jpg
Terracotta Figure of Winged Nike Flying, wings raised, Period: Hellenistic 1stc(late) BC-1stc(ear...
coin.JPG
The State Hermitage Museum
Two Thirds of Miliarensis, Minted in Constantinople. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1042-1055. ...
Griffin's Head Lamp.png
Griffin’s Head Lamp, Period: Early Byzantine, circa 4th-5th century. Purchased from George ...
Roundel with Emperor John II Comnenus  Byzantine.png
Roundel with Emperor John II Comnenus. Period: Byzantine, ca. 1110 – 1118. Material: marble...
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros.png
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros, Period: Late Byzantine, 13th century. The museum is open...
Icon with St John the Baptist-1.jpg
Icon with St John the Baptist, Icon painted in egg tempera with gold leaf on a wood panel surface...
Gold ring-2.jpg
Ring with cross-shaped quatrefoil calyx bezel. Materials: gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa:  ...
Two peacocks mosaic.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Mosaic, Two Peacocks Perch on a Fountain, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: A.D. 450–462. The MFA i...
Hexagonal jug with Christian symbols.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Hexagonal jug with Christian symbols, Material: Glass, mold-blown. Place of Manufacture: Jerusale...
John the Theologian and Prochoros; the Baptism (Epiphany); Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis); Saint Nicholas.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and P...
The Antioch Chalice-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Antioch Chalice, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 500–550, Made in Antioch or Kaper Koraon, Ma...
Pendant Icon.png
Pendant Icon with the Virgin “Dexiokratousa” and Frame with Winged Bull of Saint Luke...
Textile Fragment.jpg
Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...
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