Byzantine Treasures

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Solidus of Constantine I (306–337).png
Solidus of Constantine I (306–337), Material: Gold.  The museum is open to the public Tuesday thr...
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:...
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....
Textile fragment.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Coptic Textile fragment, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 4th–6th century A.D. Object Place: Egypt....
Paten with Cross and Inscription Early Byzantine.png
Paten with Cross and Inscription, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: Mid 6th Century. Materials: sil...
Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frame-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, Made in Co...
Saint John the Evangelist Dictating-1.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint John the Evangelist Dictating, Manuscript, Period: Late Byzantine; circa: 1200 to 1225. Pla...
Ivory Plaque with Enthroned Mother of God.png
Ivory Plaque with Enthroned Mother of God, (“The Stroganoff Ivory”), Period: Middle B...
Relief icon, Middle Byzantine.jpg
Relief icon; rectangular bronze plaque cast in low relief with full-length Hodegetria flanked by ...
bird figurine early byzantine.jpg
Bird Figure, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6thC-7thC; Made in: Egypt. Dimensions: Height: 2.6 i...
Spherical small container (pyxis) with representations of Christ, Virgin and two archangels-3.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Spherical Small Container (pyxis) with Representations of Christ, Virgin and two Archangels. Peri...
Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor.jpg
Coin, Ruler: Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor; circa: 705-711; Minted in: Ravenna. Weight: 4.309 g...
Gold Signet Ring, Late Byzantine.jpg
Gold Signet Ring, Period: Late Byzantine circa: 14thc.  Made in: Constantinople. Diameter: 28 mil...
Copper Alloy Counterpoise Coin Balance.jpg
Copper alloy counterpoise coin balance; in the form of a rectangular beam with transverse bar, La...
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...
cameo.jpg
Cameo; red glass; quadrangular; Period: 13thC, Late Byzantine. Figure of St John the Baptist in r...
Pectoral cross, early Byzantine.jpg
Pectoral cross. Material: gold; flat; with Greek inscription and dotted borders; open loop at top...
Opening of Gospel of Matthew  Byzantine.png
Opening of Gospel of Matthew. Period: Middle Byzantine. 1063 A.D. The museum is open to the publi...
Gold heraldic eagle.jpg
Heraldic Eagle. Decorated with a garnet and glass paste. Material: gold. Period: Early Byzantine;...
Gospel Lectionary with Marginal Illuminations.png
Gospel Lectionary with Marginal Illuminations, Period: Middle Byzantine, 2nd half of 11th Century...
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