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Title: Μουσείο Ιεράς Μονής Κύκκου (Κύπρος): Ορειχάλκινος επιστήθιος σταυρός-λειψανοθήκη. Στη μία όψη εικονίζεται εγχάρακτος ο εσταυρωμένος Χριστός με το συμπίλημα Ι(ΗCΟΥ)C Χ(ΡΙΣΤΟ)C ΝΗΚΑ και στη άλλη ο Άγιος Θεόδωρος σε στάση δέησης. (Δ 156)
Start date: 500
End date: 899
Historical Period: Byzantine Early Middle Ages
Description: 

A brass pectoral reliquary cross. On the obverse is the Crucified Christ, wearing a long, sleeveless colobion, decorated with two vertical clavi and the Greek inscription on the underside of the horizontal arms reads Jesus Christ conquers. The reverse bears the image of Saint Theodore in supplication pose.

Size: 10 x 4.7 cm
Place: Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos, Cyprus  
Languages: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Medium: brass (alloy)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: OUC Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos  
Physical type: metalwork (visual works)
jewelry
crosses (visual works)
Material and technique: casting (process)
engraving (action)
Data provider: Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos  
License: All rights reserved
Rights holder: Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos  
Appears in Collections:BYZART

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