Byzantine Treasures

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cross.jpg
Benediction Cross, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200s-1400s. Materials: black schist, gold, sil...
Censer; Early Byzantine-2.jpg
Censer; Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6thc.-7thc.; Found: Syria. Materials: copper alloy. Dimen...
Fragment from a Curtain-1.png
Fragment from a Curtain, Materials: tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool. P...
Pearl, Tourmaline, Glass, Coral and Bronze Beads.JPG
Quantity of pearl, tourmaline, glass, coral and bronze beads, once attached no doubt to cloth. Pe...
Calyx (Chalice).png
Cleveland Art Museum of Art
Calyx (Chalice), Period: Middle Byzantine, 900s-1000s. Blood jasper (heliotrope) with gilt-copper...
Almond-Shaped Pendant.png
Almond-Shaped Pendant, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 400-600. Materials: gold, lapis lazuli, ga...
Half Tremissis of Justinian I, 527-565.png
Half Tremissis of Justinian I, 527-565, Minted in: Constantinople. Material: Gold. Diameter: w. 1...
Ring of Leontios-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ring of Leontios, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000, Materials: Gold, niello, Inscribed: R...
Silver Coin, Cilicia.jpg
Museum Description: “Silver coin.(obverse) Head of Athena right, wearing earring and creste...
byzantine seal John Tarchaneiotes.jpg
Seal, John Tarchaneiotes, Period: Late Byzantine, 13 th. century. (second half).  St. John the Ba...
Spoon; Early Byzantine.jpg
Silver spoon, Period: Early Byzantine; 650 (circa).  Found: Acheripoetos Monastery, monastery (ne...
Steelyard weight.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Steelyard weight in the form of a bust of an empress, Period: Early Byzantine Period, circa: 5th ...
Roman mosaic panel of Eros.png
4th century Roman mosaic panel of Eros, a circus chariot rider of the Red Fraction. From Tunisia....
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...
Tapestry panel Head of a man.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tapestry panel: Head of a man. Coptic, Egypt. Period: Early Byzantine circa: 4th-5th century A.D....
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
Textile Fragment, Materials: silk and cotton. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 8thc-9thc. Rectang...
Roundel with Emperor John II Comnenus  Byzantine.png
Roundel with Emperor John II Comnenus. Period: Byzantine, ca. 1110 – 1118. Material: marble...
Square Segmentum (1).jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Square Segmentum, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 5th century. Type of art work: Textile, Materia...
Dish; Early Byzantine.jpg
Silver Dish; Period: Early Byzantine. 6th.c.(late) on a shallow foot; the centre decorated with E...
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