Byzantine Treasures

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polycandelon.jpg
Polycandelon in the form of a pierced disk with openwork cross and nine circular perforations; Pe...
Hinged Closure with Christ and the Virgin.png
Hinged Closure with Christ and the Virgin, Period: Middle Byzantine. Date: Second half 10th to ea...
Earrings (pair), 600s, Byzantium.jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Earrings (pair), Period: Early Byzantine circa: 600s. Materials: gold. The Cleveland Art Museum H...
Bronze Signet Ring.jpg
Bronze Signet Ring,  Period: Early Byzantine, high circular bezel rudely engraved in intaglio wit...
Pair of Earrings with Pearls, Emeralds, and Sapphires.png
Pair of Earrings. Materials: Pearls, Emeralds, Sapphires, Gold and Gems. Period: Early Byzantine,...
Gold heraldic eagle.jpg
Heraldic Eagle. Decorated with a garnet and glass paste. Material: gold. Period: Early Byzantine;...
Paten with Cross and Inscription Early Byzantine.png
Paten with Cross and Inscription, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: Mid 6th Century. Materials: sil...
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....
Processional Cross.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Processional Cross, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000–1050, Materials: Silver, silver-gilt. O...
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. ...
Pair of Loop Earrings; Gold.jpg
Pair of Loop Earrings; Materials: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine. 6thC-7thC. Subjects: Cross, Peac...
Coin of Alexander the Great.jpg
Silver coin of Alexander the Great; Greek; Date: 323BC-280BC; Kingdom of Macedonia, Minted in: An...
Bracelet with Jewelled Clasp.png
Bracelet with Jewelled Clasp, Period: Early Byzantine, Date: -circa-Second half 4th Century (poss...
Glass Cameo, Late Byzantine-.jpg
Cameo;  opaque red; Period: Late Byzantine circa: 13 thc. Materials: glass. Made in: Venice. The ...
Pearl, Tourmaline, Glass, Coral and Bronze Beads.JPG
Quantity of pearl, tourmaline, glass, coral and bronze beads, once attached no doubt to cloth. Pe...
Hexagonal jug with Christian symbols.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Hexagonal jug with Christian symbols, Material: Glass, mold-blown. Place of Manufacture: Jerusale...
Half Tremissis of Justinian I, 527-565.png
Half Tremissis of Justinian I, 527-565, Minted in: Constantinople. Material: Gold. Diameter: w. 1...
Miliarensis.jpg
The State Hermitage Museum
Miliarensis of Basil II and Constantine VIII, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: Between 989 and 10...
Large Textile with a Hero Attacking a Lion Early Byzantine.png
Large Textile with a Hero Attacking a Lion, Period: Early Byzantine, 600-900 A.D. The museum is o...
Loop earring; Middle Byzantine.jpg
Loop earring; Materials: silver; Period: Middle Byzantine: 10thc-11thc. Length: 51 millimetres We...
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