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Art work for an album: Real leaf with appliqued drawings. Inscription says "Love makes pious". "Die Liebe machet fromm". Around 1820
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Art work for an album: Real leaf with appliqued drawings. Inscription sa...

Gold medallion with the ascension of Christ,Early Byzantine, around 600. Two gold discs mounted back to back and embossed with scenes from the Life od Christ.Recto: The Ascension. Figures below hold up their hands in adoration. The Greek inscriotion translates "Our peace we leave with you" (John 14:27). M&ME 1983,7-4,1
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Gold medallion with the ascension of Christ,Early Byzantine, around 600. Two go...

Gold medallion with the Adoration of the Magi, obverse side of 30-01-08/6. Early Byzantine,around 600. Two gold discs mounted back to back. The three Magi approach the seated Virgin who holds the Christchild in her lap. The Magis'clothing shows their Persian origin: leggings, tunics and Phrygian caps. M&ME 1983,7-4,1
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Gold medallion with the Adoration of the Magi, obverse side of 30-01-08/6. Early...

Archangel ivory panel, around 525-550 CE. An archangel is poised at the top of a flight of stairs,holding a staff in his left hand and an orb in his right, surmounted by a jewelled cross. His wings and body overlap fluted columns with composite capitals and an arch richly decorated with acanthus leaves. Probably carved in Constantinopel and associated with the accession of Justinian I in 527 CE. M&ME, OA 9999
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Archangel ivory panel, around 525-550 CE. An archangel is poised at the top of a...

The Borradaile Triptych,Byzantine, 10th. Central panel depicts Christ on the cross, flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John Evangelist. Archangels Michael and Gabriel on either side of Christ's head. Inscription says "Behold thy Son; behold thy Mother". Pairs of saints, identified by inscriptions, on the leaves to the sides. The triptych is named after Charles Borradaile who bought it in 1905/6. It is said to have come from a convent in Reims,France. M&ME, 1923,12-5,1
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The Borradaile Triptych,Byzantine, 10th. Central panel depicts Christ on the cro...

Reliquary Angel 14th century; punch of Toulouse Gilded silver; face painted MR 551
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Reliquary Angel 14th century; punch of Toulouse Gilded silver; face painted M...

Reliquary Angel 15th Century; France gilded silver, face painted MR 550
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Reliquary Angel 15th Century; France gilded silver, face painted MR 550

Retable: The Crucification 1553; Limoges enamel; Sainte Chapelle Paris Enamel on copper; 1,06m x 0,74m MR 208 1
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Retable: The Crucification 1553; Limoges enamel; Sainte Chapelle Paris Enamel...

Retable: The Resurrection 1553; Limoges enamel, Sainte Chapelle Paris Enamel on copper; 1,06m x 0,74m MR 208 2
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Retable: The Resurrection 1553; Limoges enamel, Sainte Chapelle Paris Enamel o...

Mosaic showing Abel sacrificing a lamb and Melchizedek, Priest-King of Salem, sacrificing bread. 6th century CE; Presbytery of San Vitale Basilica, Ravenna
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Mosaic showing Abel sacrificing a lamb and Melchizedek, Priest-King of Salem, s...

The Virgin and Child (detail). Mosaic; 6th century CE See also 15-03-02/6
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The Virgin and Child (detail). Mosaic; 6th century CE See also 15-03-02/6

Portrait of Constanza, daughter of Emperor Constantine the Great (272-337), including grape harvesting putti. Roman mosaic from the ambulatory vault of Santa Constanza, the mausoleum of Constantine's daughter, Constanza; 4th century CE
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Portrait of Constanza, daughter of Emperor Constantine the Great (272-337), incl...