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		<title>Palaeologan Marble Epistyle from Thessaloniki</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Palaeologan marble epistyle preserved in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki is a fourteenth-century fragment of architectural sculpture, probably from the templon of an unidentified church in the city. Carved from marble and measuring 84 cm in length, 18 cm in height and 35 cm in width, it preserves ornament on more than one surface, suggesting a beam designed to be read from several viewpoints within its original ecclesiastical setting. Most distinctive among its features are the dynastic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hagia Sophia Trebizond Omphalion: Eagle and Hare Relief</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Hagia Sophia Trebizond omphalion is a thirteenth-century marble floor panel from the church of Hagia Sophia at Trebizond, the Black Sea capital of the Empire of Trebizond. Dated to the period 1238–1263, during the reign of Manuel I Grand Komnenos, the circular slab presents an eagle overpowering a hare amid a vine. The work is now preserved in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, where it is exhibited among objects of the Late Byzantine period. It reached Thessaloniki [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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