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PARTIE DE CROIX ENCOLPION

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PART OF AN ENCOLPION CROSS
copper alloy reliquary.
Engraved decoration on one side of the Crucifixion
with Saint John and the Mother of God at the foot
of the Cross. Symbols of the sun and moon,
numerous Greek inscriptions.
Byzantine Empire, 11th - 12th century.
Height: 8.6 cm - Width: 5.2 cm
(Oxidation, broken and glued, missing)