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Reliquary cross with Saint George and a cross

Reliquary cross with Saint George and a cross





Artist : Anonymous

Model : Saint Georges

Date : approx. between 800 and 1200

Material : Copper alloy
Acquisition : Gift of Lisa Papamarkou Jewel (2000)
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Center
Ground Floor
Item 63 on 80
Objet(s) d'Art
Object of worship

Vitrine : V05

Area related
Byzance

Description   

Many crosses survive from the early Byzantine period on that are engraved with stylized images of the holy figures.
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Reliquary cross with Saint George and a cross
Anonyme
Saint Georges