Byzantine Book Cover with Icon

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by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 21 June 2018

Byzantine Book Cover with Icon — A Byzantine book cover with an ivory icon of the crucifixion. Gilded silver with crystal, glass and sapphire cabochons. Constantinople, 11th century.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Byzantine Book Cover with Icon

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