Relicario de la Vera Cruz (Estauroteca Fieschi Morgan)

Bizantino

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

La tapa de esta caja, hecha para contener una reliquia de la Vera Cruz, representa la Crucifixión. La vestimenta de Cristo, un colobium (túnica sin mangas) de color púrpura, corresponde a una tradición paleocristiana. Su postura erguida y ojos abiertos expresan el triunfo sobre la muerte; a uno y otro lado del Cristo, la Virgen y San Juan se lamentan. Alrededor de la escena de la Crucifixión y en los costados de la caja aparecen los bustos de veintisiete santos. En el reverso de la tapa, cuatro escenas anuncian la misión de Cristo como salvador: la Anunciación, la Natividad, la Crucifixión, y la Anástasis (Descenso a los Infiernos). El envés grabado de la caja es similar a una cubierta de libro, tal vez en referencia a los Evangelios que narran la historia de la Crucifixión.

The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine

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The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello, Byzantine

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