Ivory comb
Benaki Museum, Athen
United empire: comb with personifications of the metropolises of Rome (image) and Constantinople
Exhibit Highlights
Book cover with ivory relief
Domkapitel Aachen
Byzantine ivory plates were reused in the West for adorning book covers
Head of an angel
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Byzantine masters adorned Venetian churches with artful mosaics
Spangenhelm
Landesmuseum Mainz
Grave finds in the West document the military service of Germanic noblemen in the Byzantine army
Cross Nail reliquary
Domschatz Essen
Highly coveted in the West: outstanding relic associated with Jesus, including a Holy Nail from the True Cross
