Title
The outer container of a reliquary of the True Cross one of the richest and most elaborate ensembles of Byzantine enamels to have survived the sack of Constantinople in 1204
Caption
The outer container of a reliquary of the True Cross one of the richest and most elaborate ensembles of Byzantine enamels to have survived the sack of Constantinople in 1204, It was taken by a German leader of the Western forces and has been in Germany ever since. Byzantine. c 955. Constantinople.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A17_005
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
35,6Mb (2,3Mb) / 10,0in x 13,8in / 3014 x 4134 (300dpi)