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1. "Imperial" Menologion with Scenes of Martyrdom

Date:
ca. 1025-1050 (Byzantine)
Medium:
ink and pigments on very high quality parchment and paper bound between squared wooden boards covered with red leather
Extent:
Dimensions: Binding H: 12 3/8 x W: 10 1/4 in. (31.5 x 26 cm)

3. Acts and Epistles of the Apostles with Liturgical Readings

Date:
early 12th century, with 14th and 15th century additions
Medium:
ink and pigments on medium to heavy weight parchment bound between thin rounded wooden boards covered with blind-stamped polished calf leather
Extent:
Dimensions: Folio H: 9 1/8 × W: 6 9/16 in. (23.2 × 16.6 cm)

5. Amuletic Armband with Holy Rider, Saints, and Magical Symbols

Date:
6th-7th century (Late Antique)
Medium:
bronze
Extent:
Dimensions: fragment A: 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 1/16 in. (1.8 x 8 x 0.1 cm); fragment B: 5/8 x 2 1/4 x 1/16 in. (1.7 x 5.7 x 0.1 cm); fragment C: 11/16 x 2 1/4 x 1/16 in. (1.8 x 5.7 x 0.1 cm)

6. Amuletic Pendant

Date:
5th-6th century (Late Antique)
Medium:
bronze
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 2 1/16 x W: 1 1/4 x D: 1/2 in. (5.2 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm)

7. Archangel Michael with St. Demetrius

Date:
11th-12th century (Medieval)
Medium:
bloodstone
Extent:
Dimensions: H with loop: 2 3/8 x W: 1 1/4 x D: 1/2 in. (6 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm); H without loop: 2 1/8 x W: 1 1/4 x D: 1/2 in. (5.4 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm)

8. Aureus of Licinius

Date:
321-322 CE (Late Antique)
Medium:
gold; struck
Extent:
Dimensions: Max diam: 13/16 in. (2.16 cm); axis: 12:00

10. Belt Buckle

Date:
late 6th century-7th century (Late Antique)
Medium:
bronze
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 1 1/16 x W: 2 13/16 x D: 9/16 in. (2.7 x 7.1 x 1.4 cm)

11. Belt Buckle

Date:
late 6th-7th century (Late Antique)
Medium:
gold
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 1 1/8 x L: 3 1/8 x D: 3/8 in. (2.9 x 7.9 x 0.9 cm)

12. Belt Buckle

Date:
6th-7th century (Late Antique)
Medium:
gold, meerschaum, opal (?)
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 13/16 x W: 2 3/8 in. (2 x 6 cm)