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Historical Archive: Byzantine Pendants


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Holy Rider pendant, copper alloy, 4th-7th c.?, UCh 1988.57. For reverse inscription and profile see UCh.
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gold pendant, poss. Byzantine empress, 5th-6th c., KHM VII 898
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pendant, gold/garnet/glass, late 5th-early 6th c., Black Sea: Gothic or Byzantine, Morgan 2012.2:39
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6th c. gold pendant with crystal intaglio Adoration of the Magi (abbreviated), DO. For profile see DO.
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6th c. gold pendant with crystal intaglio Angel at the Sepulchre, DO 58.30. For reverse see DO.
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cross pendant, gold, Egypt?, early 7th c., DO BZ.1937.24. For oblique view see DO.
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Early Byzantine pendant with crystal intaglio Christ Emmanuel backed with blue glass, obverse, DO 50.35. For reverse and profile see DO.
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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.
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pendant reliquary, Constantinople 10th-11th c., BM AF.354, which has its own page
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pendant cross, bronze/enamel, 10th-13th c., Novgorod AM
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cross encolpion, copper alloy?: Crucifixion, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM
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cross encolpion, copper alloy?: Virgin and Child, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM
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cross encolpion with hinged fitting, copper alloy?: Virgin and Child, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM
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cross encolpion, copper alloy?: engraved Virgin and Child, Kiev c.1000-1250, MSHM
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Byzantine pendant cross, gold with emeralds, enamel, 11th c., V&A M.386-1911
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pectoral cross, silver, 11th-13th c., MRAH ACO.76.1.1
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pectoral cross with St. George, copper alloy, 11th-13th c., MRAH ACO.75.1.3
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pendant cross, non-ferrous metal, 11th-14th c., Novgorod AM
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cross (pendant?), non-ferrous metal, 11th-15th c., Novgorod AM
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Virgin and Child, encolpion cross, non-ferrous metal, 12th c., Novgorod AM
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Christ: Byzantine cameo and setting, lapis lazuli, silver gilt, c.1100-50, Louvre MR 95. This side has its own page.
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Mary: Byzantine cameo and setting, lapis lazuli, silver gilt, c.1100-50, Louvre MR 95. This side has its own page.
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Archangel Michael, 15th c. Russia (Moscow?), MSHM
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Christ Pantokrator, 15th c. Novgorod silver gilt mount with 12th c. Byzantine jasper cameo, Novgorod AM
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15th c. Russian? mount with Christ Pantokrator cameo, jasper?, 13th c Byzantine? Novgorod AM
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Martyr Paraskeva of Rome, gold foil under glass cabuchon/silver gilt/mother of pearl, Novgorod 16th c., Novgorod AM
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Christ enthroned, sapphire cameo/gold/ruby/emerald/pearl/enamel, Novgorod 16th c., Novgorod AM 3269-78.PEF
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Our Lady of the Sign, Deesis, saints: bone/silver gilt/turquoise/glass, 16th c., Novgorod AM
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Deesis, Annunciation, saints: bone/silver gilt/base metal, 16th c., Novgorod AM
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crucifix, gold/enamel/emerald/sapphire, Novgorod 16th c., Novgorod AM
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Our Lady of the Sign pendant, silver/rock crystal/pearl/glass/wood, 16th c. Novgorod, Novgorod AM