Byzantine Treasures

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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....
Double Sided Circular Jewellery Attachment.jpg
Double-sided circular jewellery attachment. Christ Pantokrator is depicted on one side and the Vi...
gold necklace byzantium.jpg
Gold necklace with sapphires, amethysts, emeralds and pearls. Period: Early Byzantine. Place/Find...
Earrings, Early Byzantine.jpg
The Cleveland Art Museum
Earrings (pair), Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 600s; Materials: gold, pearls, glass, and emeral...
Sarcophagus from the Imperial Cemetery (1).JPG
Sarcophagus – from the imperial cemetery beside the Church of the Holy Apostles. Period: Ea...
Spoon; Early Byzantine.jpg
Silver spoon, Period: Early Byzantine; 650 (circa).  Found: Acheripoetos Monastery, monastery (ne...
Saint Mark-1.JPG
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Saint Mark. Period: Late Byzantine circa: late 13th century. Place: Constantinople (Place created...
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: early 9th century, Made in Const...
cross.jpg
Benediction Cross, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: 1200s-1400s. Materials: black schist, gold, sil...
Lamp for a Stand, Early Byzantine-.jpg
Lamp for a Stand, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 5thC-7thC. Found/Acquired: Damanhûr, Nile Delta....
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...
Bronze Counterpoise weight.jpg
Counterpoise weight, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th c. Material: Bronze. British Museum is c...
Tremissis of Anastasius -1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Tremissis of Anastasius I, Gold, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: A.D. 491–518. Mint: Constantinop...
Ring of Leontios-1.jpg
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ring of Leontios, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1000, Materials: Gold, niello, Inscribed: R...
Silver Coin of Alexander the Great.jpg
Silver Coin of Alexander the Great. Head of young Herakles, right, in lion scalp. (reverse) Zeus ...
Gospel Lectionary with Marginal Illuminations.png
Gospel Lectionary with Marginal Illuminations, Period: Middle Byzantine, 2nd half of 11th Century...
Enkolpion.png
Cleveland Art Museum of Art
Enkolpion with the Crucifixion (front) and Saints Theodore and George (back), silver gilt and clo...
polycandelon.jpg
Polycandelon in the form of a pierced disk with openwork cross and nine circular perforations; Pe...
Chalice-1.jpg
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Silver Chalice, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th century A.D. Dimensions: Height (max.): 18 cm...
Earring with Ruby and Sapphire.png
Earring, Materials: Ruby, Sapphire, Gold and Gems.  Period: Early Byzantine, early 5th century. F...
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