Byzantine Treasures

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Gold Earring; Early Byzantine.jpg
Gold Earring; Period: Early Byzantine; consisting of a tower-like ornament attached to a gold cha...
polycandelon.jpg
Polycandelon in the form of a pierced disk with openwork cross and nine circular perforations; Pe...
Double costmetic tube.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Double Costmetic Tube (balsamarium). Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 5th–6th century A.D. Dimensi...
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...
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...
Plate with a tigress attacking an ibex-1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Plate with a Tigress Attacking an Ibex, Eastern Mediterranean, Material: Silver. Period: Early By...
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...
Solidus of Constans II-1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Solidus of Constans II, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 661–663. Minted in: Constantinople, Mater...
mosaic pavement-2.jpg
Mosaic Pavement; Period: Late Roman; circa: 4th c.; Excavated/Place: Halicarnassus, Modern Turkey...
Pendant with Portrait Intaglio (2).jpg
Pendant with Portrait Intaglio, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 500s. Materials: Garnet with gold...
Hexagonal jug with Christian symbols.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Hexagonal jug with Christian symbols, Material: Glass, mold-blown. Place of Manufacture: Jerusale...
Textile Fragment.jpg
Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...
ivory panel byzantium.jpg
Ivory Panel, carved with standing figures, Christ with the Virgin Mary and St John, below a pierc...
Gold Coin of Alexander the Great.jpg
Gold Coin of Alexander the Great (obverse) Head of young Herakles, right, in lion scalp. Date: 32...
Gold coin. Tiberius III.jpg
Gold coin. Ruler: Tiberius III, Byzantine Emperor; Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 705-711; Mint...
Busts of Two Emperors.png
Busts of Two Emperors, Period: Roman, Circa: Late 3rd-early 4th century, Material: Chalcedony on ...
Earring with Ruby and Sapphire.png
Earring, Materials: Ruby, Sapphire, Gold and Gems.  Period: Early Byzantine, early 5th century. F...
Medallion with the Virgin from an Icon Frame-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with the Virgin from an Icon Frame. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, Made in Cons...
Solidus of Justinian I-1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Solidus of Justinian I, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 552–565 A.D. Minted in: Ravenna, Material...
Chain with Pendant Cross.png
Chain with Pendant Cross, Materials: gold, glass, pearl, garnet, and sapphire. Period: Early Byza...
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