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    Detail Of The Christ Pantokrator Icon Showing The Pale, Linearly Modelled Face And Ornamented Cross-Inscribed Halo Bearing Ο Ω Ν

    Christ Pantokrator Icon by Konstantinos the Hieromonk, 1694

    Detail Of Christ The Great High Priest Showing The Gilded Mitre, Cruciform Halo And Ic Xc Medallions In The 1675 Kastoria Icon

    Christ the Great High Priest: A Rare 1675 Icon from Kastoria

    Archangel Gabriel And The Theotokos In A Detail Showing Their Faces, Raised Hands And The Descending Ray Of The Holy Spirit

    Annunciation Sanctuary Door from Blashtojne at Lake Prespa

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    Saint Macarius Of Kalyazin Icon With The Saint Praying Before The Holy Trinity

    Saint Macarius of Kalyazin Icon: A Seventeenth-Century Russian Panel

    Teaching Gospel Folio 182 With Monumental Cinnabar Initial Б And Formal Cyrillic Ustav

    Teaching Gospel Folio 182: Cinnabar Initial Б in GIM Syn. 262

    Slavonic Teaching Gospel Folio 106V With Cinnabar Initial В And Formal Cyrillic Ustav

    Slavonic Teaching Gospel Folio 106v: Initial В in GIM Syn. 262

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    Pieter Aertsen The Cook Detail Showing The Woman’s Direct Gaze And White Ruffled Collar

    Pieter Aertsen: The Cook

    Cook In Front Of The Stove Detail Showing Aertsen’s Monumental Kitchen Maid

    Pieter Aertsen: Cook in front of the Stove

    Christ In The House Of Martha And Mary By Pieter Aertsen With A Lavish Kitchen Still Life

    Pieter Aertsen: Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

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Byzantine Enkolpion Cross In Carved Gold With Interlace Decoration From Vatopedi
Treasures of Byzantium

Byzantine Enkolpion Cross at Vatopedi Monastery

Preserved in the treasury of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, this Byzantine enkolpion cross dates from the...
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Vatopedi Great Deesis Triptych With Steatite Panel And Silver-Gilt Enamel Wings
Treasures of Byzantium

Vatopedi Great Deesis Triptych: A 13th-Century Enkolpion

The Vatopedi Great Deesis triptych is a small Byzantine enkolpion of the thirteenth century, preserved in the Holy and Great...
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Byzantine Reliquary Cross In Cast Brass With The Theotokos In Supplication
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Byzantine Reliquary Cross at Vatopedi Monastery

The Byzantine reliquary cross preserved at Vatopedi Monastery is a small cast-brass work dated to the eleventh or twelfth century....
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Christ In Glory Enkolpion At Vatopedi With Blue Cloisonné Enamel And Evangelist Symbols
Treasures of Byzantium

Christ in Glory Enkolpion at Vatopedi

The Christ in Glory Enkolpion preserved at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos is a double-sided...
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Byzantine Enkolpion Cross Of Stone With Engraved Gold Fittings And Pearls
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Byzantine Enkolpion Cross at Vatopedi Monastery

Dating from the 13th–14th century, this Byzantine enkolpion cross combines a dark stone body with carved and engraved gold fittings...
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Hagiosoritissa Enkolpion With Amethyst Cameo, Pearls And Green Stones At Vatopedi
Treasures of Byzantium

Hagiosoritissa Enkolpion at Vatopedi Monastery

Preserved at Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, this oval Hagiosoritissa Enkolpion belongs to the 12th–13th century and combines a carved...
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Thessaloniki Epitaphios Detail Showing The Dead Christ Surrounded By Angels
Treasures of Byzantium

Thessaloniki Epitaphios: Byzantine Gold Embroidery c. 1300

The Thessaloniki Epitaphios, dated to around 1300 and preserved in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, is among the...
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Sakkos Of The Bishop Of Melenikon Ioannikios With Gold Embroidery And Medallions
Treasures of Byzantium

Christophoros Zefar: Sakkos of the Bishop of Melenikon Ioannikios

The Sakkos of the Bishop of Melenikon Ioannikios, dated to 1745–1753, is an exceptionally rich eighteenth-century episcopal vestment associated through...
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Reverse Of Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina Lead Seal With Crowned Empress And Inscription
Treasures of Byzantium

Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina Lead Seal

The Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina lead seal, dated to 1259–1282 and preserved in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, belongs...
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Michael Viii Palaiologos Lead Seal With Emperor Holding Labarum And Globus Cruciger
Treasures of Byzantium

Michael VIII Palaiologos Lead Seal

The Michael VIII Palaiologos lead seal, preserved in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, belongs to the reign of...
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John Iii Doukas Vatatzes Hyperpyron With The Virgin Crowning The Emperor
Treasures of Byzantium

John III Doukas Vatatzes Hyperpyron: Gold Coin from Magnesia

The John III Doukas Vatatzes hyperpyron, struck at Magnesia during the reign of the Nicaean emperor John III (1222–1254), brings...
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Byzantine Crucifixion Enkolpion Cross In Black Steatite And Gold At Vatopedi
Treasures of Byzantium

Byzantine Crucifixion Enkolpion Cross at Vatopedi

Preserved at the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, this Byzantine Crucifixion enkolpion cross is dated to the 13th–14th...
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Still-Life With Fruit And Crystal Vase By Willem Van Aelst, With Cut Melon And Glass.

Willem van Aelst: Still-Life with Fruit and Crystal Vase

The Platytera Of The Heavens And Christ Logos Fresco At Philanthropinon Monastery

Frescoes of the Monastery of Philanthropinon, Ioannina

Presentation Of The Virgin Mary Detail With Mary, Zechariah, Joachim And Anna

Theodoros Poulakis: Presentation of the Virgin Mary

Anastasis Fresco At Chora - Anastasis - Resurection

The Descent into Hades: A Monumental Fresco of Chora

Vatopedi Christ Pantokrator Enkolpion With Green Jasper Cameo And Gold Filigree

Vatopedi Christ Pantokrator Enkolpion

Journey To Bethlehem Fresco With The Haloed Virgin On A Mule And Joseph With Staff

Journey to Bethlehem Fresco at Castelseprio

Abildgaard Culmin'S Ghost Revealing The Spectral, Pale Figure Of A Deceased Warrior Floating Above His Grieving Mother And Two Startled Dogs.

Abildgaard: Culmin’s Ghost Appears to his Mother

Christ Pantokrator Mosaic Icon Detail Showing The Face, Cruciform Halo And Fine Tesserae

Christ Pantokrator Mosaic Icon at the Bargello

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