Byzantine Museum of Holy Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis (Cyprus): Cross (TA080)

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JPEG

Start date
900
End date
1099
Historical period
Middle Byzantine Period
Description

A hollow cross with rounded edges. It was used as eulogia or reliquary. This part of the cross shows Virgin Mary in the iconographic type of Kyriotissa at the centre surrounded by the four evangelists in medallions. Provenance: Church of Saint Epiphanios, Saint Epiphanios Oreinis

Language
Ancient Greek
Physical type
- (AAT Getty)
Medium
- (AAT Getty)
- (AAT Getty)
Size
21.5 x 15 x 1.3 cm
Material and technique
- (AAT Getty)
- (AAT Getty)
- (AAT Getty)
Place
Byzantine Museum of Holy Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis, Cyprus
Fond
OUC Byzantine Museum of Holy Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis
URI
Project
Data provider
Byzantine Museum of Holy Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis
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Byzantine Museum of Holy Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis