Gallery

icon with half-figure of st. michael

aerial view of istanbul(hagia sophia in foreground)ara guler; from hagia sophia, by lord kinross

ewer, byzantine, 7th century (?)agate

sedia di san marco, eastern mediterranean (alexandria?), 6th century alabaster

panel, constantinopolitan, late 10th-first half of 11th century silver-gilt, gold cloisonné enamel, stones, pearls (now missing), glass

paten, alabaster: byzantine, 10th-11th century metalwork: byzantine, 11th century alabaster, silver-gilt, gold cloisonné enamel, rock-crystal, pearls

reliquary of the true cross, byzantine, late 10th-early 11th century, silver-gilt on wood, gold cloisonné enamel, stones

icon with full-figure of st. michael, constantinopolitan, late 11th-early 12th century, silver-gilt, gold cloisonné enamel, stones

venice, miniature from the book of marco polo, ca. 1400, oxford: bodleian library

nave of hagia sophia, engraving from aya sofia, by chevalier fossati (london, 1852), dumbarton oaks; from hagia sophia, by lord kinross

paolo veneziano, miracle of st. mark, 1345, from the treasury of san marco, venice

translation of the relics of st. mark, portal of sant

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pope urban preaching the first crusade, bibliothèque nationale, paris

staurotheca of henry of flanders, staurotheca: constantinople, before 1216, monstrance: venice, 1618, wood, gold; bronze-gilt, glass

grotto of the virgin, stonework: 4th-5th century, crown of leo: late 9th-early 10th century, figure of virgin: 13th century

book cover, byzantine, 14th century, silver-gilt on wood, cloisonné and champlevé enamel

glass bowl with mythological figures, constantinopolitan, probably 10th century, glass, gilded and painted, silver-gilt, stones

glass bowl, glass: iran or iraq, 9th-10th century, enamel: byzantine, 11th century, glass, silver-gilt, gold cloisonné enamel, stones

pastoral staff, venice, ca. 1420, silver, partly gilt, on wood core

glass hanging-lamp, byzantine, 11th century, glass, silver-gilt

lamp or incense burner, southern italian (?), end of 12th century, silver, partly gilt

the horses of san marco, photograph by dr. gerald carr

the basilica of san marco, photograph by alan bromberg