Saint Nicholas, Cloisonne enamel plaque, 10th
Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid, Spain
Byzantine enamel depicting st Nicolaos
The 11th century mosaic of Mary as the Virgin Orante (in prayer) in the apse of the cathedral of St Sophia in Kiev, Ukraine.
The “Rubens Vase” (Byzantine Empire). Carved in high relief from a single piece of agate, this extraordinary vase was most likely created in an imperial workshop for a Byzantine emperor.
from wikipedia
Saint Menas with Flanking Camels
From Ivories of the So-Called Grado Chair
Eastern Mediterranean or Egypt, 7th–8th century
10.2 x 8.5 x 0.6 cm (4 x 3-1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Civiche Raccolte d’Arte Applicata—Castello Sforzesco, Milan
Image: Courtesy Civiche Raccolte d’Arte Applicata—Castello Sforzesco, Milan
Mosaic Fragment with a Pair of Goats
Date:
ca. 535/536
Geography:
Made in, Jordan, ecavated at Khirbat al-Mukhayyat
Medium:
Colored stone tesserae on a white background
Dimensions:
135 1/16 x 124 x 5 7/8 in. (343 x 315 x 15 cm)
Classification:
Mosaics
Credit Line:
Franciscan Archaeological Institute–Mount Nebo, Custody of the Holy Land
Annunciation, Alexandria or Egypt (?), Syria (?), or Constantinople (?), 8th-9th century, Weft-faced compound twill (samit) in polychrome silk, 33.6 × 68.7 cm,Vatican Museums, Vatican City (61231), Photo Vatican Museums.
Saint Mark Preaching
From Ivories of the So-Called Grado Chair Eastern Mediterranean or Egypt, 7th–8th century
18.9 x 10.5 x .95 cm (7-7/16 x 4-1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Civiche Raccolte d’Arte Applicata—Castello Sforzesco, Milan
Cover of the reliquary of the tombstone of the Holy Sepulchre:An angel greets the woman at Christ’s tomb. Constantinople,11th-12th. Silver,chased and engraved,on a wooden base, 42,6 x 31 cm
Louvre, Departement des Objets d’Art, Paris, France
(via acheiropoietos)
Source: byzantine-bling
Panel with a Griffin, 1250–1300
Byzantine; Possibly from Greece or the Balkans
Marble from the Met Museum of Art/
Reliquary of the True Cross (Staurotheke), late 8th–early 9th century
Byzantine; Made in Constantinople
Cloisonné enamel
10th century detail of the byzantine paris psalter commissioned during the “Macedonian Renaissance” ; here is King David playing his harp.
Floor mosaic of a woman carrying a pot (c. 5th century) @ The Great Palace Mosaic Museum.
![Culture: Byzantine (Thessalonike?)Date: 12th or 13th centuryMaterial: Gold, silver, silver gilt, enamelDimensions: diameter 3.8 cm, depth 1.1 cmInscribed in Greek: reverse: Ο • ΑΤΕΩΡ/ΤΗΟΣ (O St. George) Around the border: ΑΙΤΕΙΣΕ • ΘΕΡΜΟΝ • ΦΡΟΥΡΟΝ • ΕΝ • ΜΑΧΑΙΣ • ΕΧΕΙΝ (He supplicates you to be his fervent guardian in battles; around the sides: ΑΙΜΑΤΙ ΤΩ • ΣΩ • ΚΑΙ • ΜΥΡΩ • ΚΕΧΡΙΣΜΕΝΟΝ (Being anointed by your blood and your myrrh); on the upper ring, a mid-18th-century inscription in Georgian: (trans) St. Kethevan [the] Queen’s relic: Cross: True
from Treasures of Heaven exhibition.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7qfffdDwv1ruo07wo1_1280.jpg)
Culture: Byzantine (Thessalonike?)
Date: 12th or 13th century
Material: Gold, silver, silver gilt, enamel
Dimensions: diameter 3.8 cm, depth 1.1 cm
Inscribed in Greek: reverse: Ο • ΑΤΕΩΡ/ΤΗΟΣ (O St. George) Around the border: ΑΙΤΕΙΣΕ • ΘΕΡΜΟΝ • ΦΡΟΥΡΟΝ • ΕΝ • ΜΑΧΑΙΣ • ΕΧΕΙΝ (He supplicates you to be his fervent guardian in battles; around the sides: ΑΙΜΑΤΙ ΤΩ • ΣΩ • ΚΑΙ • ΜΥΡΩ • ΚΕΧΡΙΣΜΕΝΟΝ (Being anointed by your blood and your myrrh); on the upper ring, a mid-18th-century inscription in Georgian: (trans) St. Kethevan [the] Queen’s relic: Cross: True
from Treasures of Heaven exhibition.
![early 11th century gold and enamel cross; from Constantinople.
inscribed in Greek :
ΜΡ • ΘΥ (Mother of God) ΒΑΣΙΛ (Basil) ΓΡΙ • ΘΑΥΜ (Gregory Thaum[atourgos])](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7qf6dTzAq1ruo07wo1_1280.jpg)
early 11th century gold and enamel cross; from Constantinople.
inscribed in Greek :
ΜΡ • ΘΥ (Mother of God) ΒΑΣΙΛ (Basil) ΓΡΙ • ΘΑΥΜ (Gregory Thaum[atourgos])
Byzantine glass Chalice, part of the loot of 1204; now at St marks treasury.
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