Reliquary with St. Michael

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Reliquary with St. Michael

Period Byzantine Empire (Byzantine, 395 CE-1453 CE)

Place of Originprobably Constantinople, Byzantine Empire

Date1250-1350

Dimensions2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)

Mediumgilded silver with enamel inlays

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1953.49

Not on View

Descriptionrecto: Archangel Michael; verso: Cross with abbreviations for "Iesous Christos Nika" (Jesus Christ Conquers)

Label TextThese medallions were once joined to form a reliquary. It might have originally been suspended from a chain and worn as an enkolpion, or pendant, around the neck.Published ReferencesPutney, Richard H., Medieval Art, Medieval People: The Cloister Gallery of the Toledo Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 2002, p. 24, repr. (col.) fig. 15.