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Historical Archive: Byzantine ivory and bone


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Rome, ivory, 5th-6th c., KHM X 38, which has its own page with companion panel
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Constantinople, ivory, 5th-6th c., KHM X 37, which has its own page with companion panel
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Christian pyxis, ivory, 5th-6th c., Bologna BIZ 2, which has its own page
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plaque with tiger, gazelle, and lion, bone, Byzantine Egypt c.500, KM 1981.04.0037
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ivory pyxis: cross and Annunciation, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114
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ivory pyxis: Entry into Jerusalem, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114
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ivory pyxis: altar and Raising of Lazarus, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114
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ivory pyxis: Healing of the Blind Man, 6th c. provincial Byzantine (Ravenna?), CMA 1951.114
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Annunciation, Ordeal, Flight; ivory, 6th c. eastern Mediterranean (Syria?), Louvre OA 11149. Part of same object as Hermitage Visitation/Annunciation to Anna.
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Mary's Trial by Bitter Water, ivory, 6th c. eastern Mediterranean (Syria?), Louvre OA 11149. Part of same object as Hermitage Visitation/Annunciation to Anna.
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Visitation and Annunciation to Anna, panels from an ivory diptych, Syria 6th c., Hermitage. Part of same object as Louvre OA 11149.
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Resurrection, ivory pyxis, 6th c., eastern Mediterranean, VHM, loan from Sion CT. This work has its own page.
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Bacchus ivory, 6th c. Egypt, on ambo, Aachen cathedral. The ambo and cathedral have their own pages with another ivory.
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St. Peter, ivory (left edge restored), Gaul or Italy 6th-7th c., MRAH 3148. This work has its own page.
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Barberini Diptych: triumph of Justinian, ivory 527-65, Louvre OA 9063. This work has its own page.
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Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page
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Christ enthroned ivory, mid 6th c., SMBByz 564/565, which has its own page with companion panel
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Virgin and child ivory, mid 6th c., SMBByz 564/565, which has its own page with companion panel
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pyxis with Christ and the Samaritan woman, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 A. This object has its own page.
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pyxis with Massacre of the Innocents, eastern Mediterranean? c.550-600; Louvre OA 5524 B. This object has its own page.
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Joel ivory, Syria/Palestine? 7th-8th c.? Louvre AC 864
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Joel ivory, Syria/Palestine? 7th-8th c.? Louvre AC 864
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male figure with cross, bone, 9th-11th c. Byzantine Egypt, KM 1966.01.0102
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cylinder seal (?) with male saints or bishops, bone, 9th-11th c. Byzantine Eygpt, KM 1966.01.0109. This work has its own page.
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Putto and panther ivory, 10th c. Byzantine, Louvre AC 865
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Crucifixion ivory, 10th c. Byzantine, on Small Bernward Gospels cover, Hildesheim 12th c., HildMus DS13. For other views see HildMus.
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labor of September, ivory, 10th-11th c. Byzantine, SMBByz 573
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soldier, Byzantine ivory 10th-11th c., Schn B6
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Constantine VII crowned by Christ, ivory, c.945, Pushkin II 2 b 329, which has its own page
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Veroli Casket, ivory and bone, mid to late 10th c., V&A 216-1865. This work has its own page.
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Dormition of the Virgin, ivory, late 10th-c. Constantinople, DO BZ.1937.5
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Dormition of the Virgin: Christ with Virgin's soul, ivory, late 10th-c. Constantinople, DO BZ.1937.5
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Dormition of the Virgin (oblique view), ivory, late 10th-c. Constantinople, DO BZ.1937.5
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Byzantine ivory, late 10th c., on Ottonian book cover, AachenCT. The cover has its own page.
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saints, ivory, Constantinople late 10th-early 11th c., Vat 64621
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Apostles Pyxis, ivory, Constantinople c.980-1010, CMA 1973.4
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Apostles Pyxis, ivory, Constantinople c.980-1010, CMA 1973.4
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Apostles Pyxis, ivory, Constantinople c.980-1010, CMA 1973.4
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Dormition ivory, late 10th c. Constantinople, Schn B101
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Dormition of the Virgin, ivory, 11th c., Hermitage
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Byzantine Last Judgment ivory, 11th c., V&A A.24-1926. This work has its own page.
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ivory lions and eagles, 11th-c. Mediterranean (Byzantine?), Schn B5
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Rosette Casket, wood/ivory/bone, Italo-Byzantine, 11th-12th c., Arezzo MS, which has its own page
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soldier saint, Byzantine ivory c.1000, Schn B128
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Byzantine Ascension ivory, 1st half of 11th c., V&A 152-1879
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Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page
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Alexander casket, ivory, prob. 12th c., poss. 6th or 9th c., Darmstadt Kg 54:215a-d, which has its own page
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imperial ceremony, ivory pyxis, 1403-04, DO BZ.1936.24, which has its own page