Byzantine Treasures

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Sarcophagus from the Imperial Cemetery (1).JPG
Sarcophagus – from the imperial cemetery beside the Church of the Holy Apostles. Period: Ea...
gold necklace byzantium.jpg
Gold necklace with sapphires, amethysts, emeralds and pearls. Period: Early Byzantine. Place/Find...
Necklace; Glass and Amber Beads.jpg
Necklace; Materials: Glass and Amber Beads, mall bone cross and a blue faience figure of Bes. Per...
Gold Plate of a Buckle or Brooch-1.jpg
Plate of a buckle or brooch; gold; Period: 4th c., Late Roman/Early Byzantine. 3 hefty studs at t...
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...
icon with St Nicholas.jpg
Small  icon of St Nicholas. Period: Late Byzantine; circa: First half of 13th century. Materials:...
Medallion with Saint John the Baptist from an Icon Frame-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint John the Baptist from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, ...
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros.png
Manuscript Leaf, St. John and Prochoros, Period: Late Byzantine, 13th century. The museum is open...
Double costmetic tube.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Double Costmetic Tube (balsamarium). Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th–6th century A.D. Dimensi...
Head of a Female Saint.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Head of a Female Saint, Fresco transferred to panel, Period: Late Byzantine circa: 12th-14th cent...
Earring with Openwork (1).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Earring with Openwork, Period: Middle Byzantine circa: 7th-9th Century. Materials: gold with a ro...
Openwork Lamp with Openwork Inscription.png
Openwork Lamp with Openwork Inscription, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa Mid. 6th Century A.D. Th...
Gold Earring; Middle Byzantine.jpg
Gold Earring; semi-circular; with U-shaped loop to which is attached a similarly shaped thin plat...
Loop earring; Middle Byzantine.jpg
Loop earring; Materials: silver; Period: Middle Byzantine: 10thc-11thc. Length: 51 millimetres We...
Oliphant; Ivory.jpg
Oliphant; Material: ivory; with two silver bands. Period: Middle Byzantine / 10thC-11thC.  Made i...
Earring; Early Byzantine.jpg
Earring; Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6thC-7thC; Made in: Tharros. Materials: gold; with pearl...
Tapestry fragment Egyptian (Coptic).jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tapestry fragment Egyptian (Coptic), Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th-6th century A.D. Materia...
Theophilus, Byzantine Emperor; 821-842; Italy.jpg
British Museum (Stop W), London, United Kingdom
Coins, Ruler: Theophilus, Byzantine Emperor; Period: Middle Byzantine circa: 821-842; Minted in: ...
Bust of Emperor Arcadius.JPG
Bust of Emperor Arcadius, Period: Early Byzantine circa: late 4th. century. Made in/Findspot: Con...
Icon with the Koimesis (2).jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with the Koimesis, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: late 900s. Made in probably Constantinop...
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