Byzantine Treasures

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Fragment from a Curtain-1.png
Fragment from a Curtain, Materials: tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool. P...
Calyx (Chalice).png
Cleveland Art Museum of Art
Calyx (Chalice), Period: Middle Byzantine, 900s-1000s. Blood jasper (heliotrope) with gilt-copper...
The Lion of Knidos-1.jpg
The Lion of Knidos, Museum Description: Colossal marble statue of a recumbent lion; carved with i...
Gold Finger Ring; Early Byzantine.jpg
Gold Finger Ring; Early Byzantine. (6thc-7thc) Slender hoop and applied oval bezel engraved with ...
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Steelyard Weight with a Bust of a Byzantine Empress and a Hook. This Byzantine steelyard weight d...
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 ...
Gold Signet Ring, Late Byzantine.jpg
Gold Signet Ring, Period: Late Byzantine circa: 14thc.  Made in: Constantinople. Diameter: 28 mil...
Earring with Pearl, Ruby, and Sapphire.png
Earring. Materials: Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire,  Gold and gems. Period: Early Byzantine, circa: early ...
Sarcophagus from the Imperial Cemetery (1).JPG
Sarcophagus – from the imperial cemetery beside the Church of the Holy Apostles. Period: Ea...
Ring in openwork filigree, Early Byzantine Period (A.D. 550–650).jpg
Museum of Fine Arts - Outbound, Boston, MA, United States
Ring in openwork filigree, Period: Early Byzantine circa (A.D. 550–650). Materials: Gold. The MFA...
Bronze Lamp from Luxor.jpg
Lamp, Made in: Luxor, Egypt. Period: Early Byzantine circa: 6th-7th century. Subjects: Cross, bir...
Gold Coin of Alexander the Great.jpg
Gold Coin of Alexander the Great (obverse) Head of young Herakles, right, in lion scalp. Date: 32...
Hexagonal Censer with Christ, Peter and Paul (2).png
Hexagonal Censer with Christ, Peter and Paul, Period: Early Byzantine, circa Mid 6th Century A.D....
Lamp and Stand-2.png
Lamp and Stand, Period: Early Byzantine, circa 400s. 34.8 x 13.5 cm (13 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.) Mater...
Pendant Cross.png
Pendant Cross, Material: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 500s. The Cleveland Art Museum Hou...
Solidus of Constantine I (306–337).png
Solidus of Constantine I (306–337), Material: Gold.  The museum is open to the public Tuesday thr...
Pendant Cross with Birds and Zoe-Phos.png
Pendant Cross with Birds and Zoe-Phos, Period:  Early Byzantine, circa Late 6th Century. Material...
Icon of Depicting Virgin Mary Thornousa.jpg
Icon of Depicting Virgin Mary Thornousa, which was probably part of a wider composition depicting...
Chalice  Early Byzantine.png
Chalice, Period: Early Byzantine,  ca. 527 – 565 A.D. Materials: silver and niello. The mus...
Saint Luke.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Luke, Manuscript. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: late 13th century. Place (created): Consta...
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