Post-Iconoclasm Art: The Macedonian Era (867-1056)
Ivories

Joshua Casket plaques, 10th century, Constantinople (left frame). Presumed coloration above; detail of rosette with pigments to right
To left: front and back of 
Harbaville Triptych (24x28 cm, 
open) mid-10th century, Constantinople. Open: Deesis
with saints; closed: triumphal 
cross in garden of paradise, with saints

 

Rambona Diptych, 10th century, Latium


Crucifixion Triptych, 10th century, 

Borradaile triptych, 10th century

 

Triptych wings, 10th century (Hermitage Museum)


Liverpool Crucifixion Triptych, 10th century, Constantinople

 

15th-century bookcover  with 10th-century plaque 
at center (Arnhem)


 

Central panel, Romanos Triptych, 10th century, Constantinople


 

Hodegetria, mid-10th century, Constantinople
 


 

Dormition, soapstone, 10th century, 
Constantinople


Oppenheim Casket, 10th century, Constantinople (N.Y.Met): note the pigmentation (since cleaned)
Christ, Plaque from 10th century book cover (Udine Cathedral) Christ, plaque, 10th century (Lyon)

Adam and Eve Casket, 10th or 11th centuries, (N.Y. Met)

 

Diptych panel (?) Crux gemmata, mid-10th century, Constantinople (Emperor Romanos II?)
29x13 cm


 

Detail of rosette frame at left. Note the green stain.

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