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Historical Archive: Byzantine Metalwork other than coins and most pendants silver reliquary, Greece, 5th-6th c.? BNM 67/1, which has its own page seal of Leontios with menorah, eastern Mediterranean 5th-7th c., BM MME 88,5-11,3 dove oil lamp, bronze, 5th-7th c. (Byzantine?), KHM VI 681 weights, 5th-7th c., NBM. For another view see Skopje. eagle head strap end, copper alloy/gilt/glass, c.450-700 Gothic or Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:58 cross fibula with bird, bronze, 6th c. (Byzantine?), KHM VI 2773 6th c. gold ring with agate intaglio lioness, DO 58.34. For bezel see DO. silver cross, 6th-early 7th c., DO BZ.1955.17, which has its own page Sergios ampulla, tin-lead alloy, 6th-7th c. Syria, WAM 55.105 censer with crosses, birds, and columnms, bronze, 6th/7th-c. Egypt, UMMA 1960/1.4. For another view see UMMA. St. Simeon, silver/gilt, 6th-7th c., Louvre Bj 2180/MND 2035, which has its own page. Byzantine ring, gold/enamel/sapphire, 6th-7th c., SMB Meleager, Byz silver 6th-7th c., BNM L.56/113, which has its own page Byzantine ring SMB, bezel bronze lamp: cock, 6th-9th c. Mediterranean (Byzantine?), Sch H931. For view with full chain see Schn. Sion treasure, c.550-75, silver, which has its own page Riha paten, silver/gilt/niello, 565-78, DO BZ.1924.5, which has its own page gold buckle, 7th c. Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:41 silver buckle, 7th c. Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:42 Byzantine marriage ring, gold/niello, 7th c., DO BZ.1947.15, which has its own page ampulla with Crucifixion, tin-lead alloy, Jerusalem c.600, CMA 1999.46 gold buckle, c.600-650 Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:50a or b David and Goliath, Constantinople 629–30, Met 17.190.396, which has its own page with details cup: Zalissia treasure, silver, c.650-700, KHM VIIa, which has its own page with details neck ring: Zalissia treasure, silver, c.650-700, KHM VIIa, which has its own page with details bowl: Zalissia treasure, silver, c.650-700, KHM VIIa, which has its own page with details bronze cross prob. 677-88, formerly on roof of Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages. stamp seal of Anastasios with suspension loop, crystal intaglio with metalwork mount, 7th-8th c. Medinet Habu (Egypt), Met 08.202.28. For stamping surface see Met. pendant reliquary, Constantinople 10th-11th c., BM AF.354, which has its own page lead token of St. Symeon Stylites the Younger, 10th-11th c. Syria, SMBByz 32/73, which has its own page Tablet reliquary, 11th c. Byzantine with Mosan frame and cover c.1160-70, silver gilt and enamel on copper gilt, Louvre OA 8099. This work has its own page. Reliquary icon: frame silver gilt on wood, Constantinople 11th/12th c.; Nativity ivory, Venice?, 12th/13th c.; conversion to reliquary with horn 14th/15th-c. Germany. 26.3 x 24 cm. Louvre OA 11399. This work has its own page. cross (pendant?), non-ferrous metal, 11th-15th c., Novgorod AM plaques from the crown of Constantine IX Monomachos (emperor 1042-55), enamel, HNM: this object has its own page. Byzantine triptychs, late 11th-early 12th c., on Stavelot Triptych, Morgan AZ001, which has its own page with details. ampulla from the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem: Anastasis, lead, c.1099-1200, CMA 1999.234 Chalice of Bratilo, 12th c. Byzantine Novgorod, Novgorod AM. This work has its own page. Christ Pantokrator ampulla, lead, 1170-90, Novgorod AM Tablet reliquary, late 13th-c. Mount Athos or Venice; cedar wood, copper alloy, horn, silver, manuscript, glass, beads, gems; MRAH 3225. This work has its own page. Dečani monastery choros, 1335-47, which has its own page Ivan Arip, 1435: Panagiarion, silver gilt, which has its own page Mother of God of the Sign (Platytéra) icon, wood/gesso/glass/metal/tempera/gilding, 17th c., Novgorod AM. For detail and scale view see Novgorod. Great Chandelier of c.1600, recreated from fragments in 1970s, Novgorod Cathedral, which has its own interior page silver portal lamp 1628, Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page silvered copper icon lamps early 19th c.; iconostasis Holy Doors 1818, columns/canopy/crown 1838: Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page iconostasis framework 1894-96, Sultanov and Khlebnikov, Moscow Annunciation Cathedral, which has its own page