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Historical Archive: Byzantine Painting and Textiles
other than manuscripts


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Artemis, Apollo, hero, satyrs, and Maenads on a woman’s tunic, linen and wool, 4th-5th c. Akhmim, Pushkin 5832
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sacrifice of a captive funeral cushion, linen and wool loop textile with inset, 5th-6th c., Pushkin 5180
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Hestia tapestry, wool, 6th c., DO BZ.1929.1, which has its own page
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silk, Eastern Mediterranean? 6th-7th c., Sens CT
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buffalo, silk, near east (Byzantine?), 6th-7th c., Sens CT B 38
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tunic with fishers on insets, linen and wool, 6th-8th c., Pushkin 6707
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tunic with fishers on insets, linen and wool, 6th-8th c., Pushkin 6707
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Sancta Sanctorum reliquary box, Syria/Palestine, late 6th-early 7th c. This work has its own page.
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Icons of St. Victor and of veiled woman, Egypt late 6th-early 7th c., Florence MA. These icons have their own page.
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lion, medallion tunic inset, linen and wool, 7th c. Akhmim, Pushkin 5177
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Christ w. Abbot Mena, encaustic, Bawit, 8th c., Louvre E 11565, X 5178. For detail see Louvre.
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Baptism of Christ fragment, linen and tempera, 8th to 11th c., Pushkin DB11257
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pheasants, Byzantine silk, early 9th c., Hermitage КЗ-6618, fr. Moshchevaya Balka, which has its own page
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Cushion of St. Rémi: 10th c. silk, Byzantine? This work has its own page.
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"Shroud of St. Potentien", silk, 12th c. Islamic or poss. Byzantine, Sens CT B7. This work has its own page.
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Byzantine? peacock silk, Middle East (?), c.1100, Hildesheim museum D2009-4c and 1
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icon Our Lady of the Sign, mid 12th c. before 1169, Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page. This photo not available at high resolution.
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Nerezi Lamentation/ hymnographers, 1164, which has its own page
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Epitaphios of King Stefan Uroš II Milutin, gold and silver embroidery on silk, Serbia c.1300, MSOC 4660, which has its own page.
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purse, silk, edge strips 14th c., fabric Byzantine, Sens CT
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iconostasis 14th-16th c., Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page
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Dečani monastery frescoes, 1335-47, which have their own pages
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Deesis late 14th c., iconostasis tallest icons: Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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Efimiya encomium to St. Lazar, gold and silver embroidery on silk, Serbia 1402, MSOC
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iconostasis upper narrow strip, square feast icons early 15th c., parts Andrei Rublev and Prokhor Gorodets: Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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Major Sakkos of Photius, Byzantine 1408-31, Armory TK-4, which has its own page
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Deesis in 2nd tier iconostasis: Aaron son of Feofan 1439, Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page
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Entombment: Khutyn epitaphios, taffeta with gold/silver/silk embroidery, mid 15th c., workshop of Archbishop Euthymius/Euphemius II (1429–1459), Novgorod AM
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Khutyn epitaphios: Mary, angels
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Khutyn epitaphios: angels with flabella and candlestick or fountain
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Dormition of the Virgin, mid 15th c., Tretyakov Gallery Moscow. This work has its own page.
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figures flanking center Deesis in 2nd tier iconostasis: Andrei Lavrent’ev and Ivan Derma IArtsev 1508-09, Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page
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Trinity, Sophia, Holy Face 1528, Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own exterior page
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wall paintings 1547-51, Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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Synaxis of Mary, mid 16th c., Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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Holy Wisdom with Mary and John (icon center right), 17th c., Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page
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iconostasis lower narrow strip, calendar icons 17th c.: Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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Mother of God of the Sign (Platytéra) icon, wood/gesso/glass/metal/tempera/gilding, 17th c., Novgorod AM
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Mother of God of the Sign: Christ
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Mother of God of the Sign (left) with person for scale
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Simon Ushakov, Mandylion over entry late 17th c., Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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iconostasis highest tier 1770s, Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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Nativity in lunette 1882-95, Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page
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wall paintings P.A. Safonov and shop, late 19th c., Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page
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George Bitar, 1891, Iconostasis in Paris, St. Julien le Pauvre. This work has its own page.
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dome Pantokrator after late 19th c., Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page