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  Worldvisitguide > Places > Palace of Topkapi > Objets d'Art > Treasury Room - III > Arm of St. John the...
Arm of St. John the Baptist
Artist : Anonyme

En relation avec : Bayezit II
Saint Jean-Baptiste

Material : Gold
Item 5 on 39
Objets d'Art
Object of worship (Reliquaire)

Area related
Istanbul (Turkey)


Description   

The arm of St. John the Baptist and its case belonged to the Byzantines prior to the conquest. In 1484, Bayezid II (1481/1512) send it as a gift to the Knights of Rhodes. It was later discovered in Lefkose Castle in Cyprus and brought back to Istanbul in 1585.
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