The Treasury of San Marco, Venice

Prefaces

The Treasury of San Marco

Venice and the treasury of San Marco
Guido Perocco

Venice, the Pala dOro, and Constantinople
Sergio Bettini

History of the treasury of San Marco
Guido Perocco

Catalogue

Classical and Early Medieval

Classical, Byzantine and Western hardstone-carving
Daniel Alcouffe

1. Glass situla with Dionysiac scene
2. Rock-crystal lamp with marine life
3. Rock-crystal lamp in the shape of a fish
4. Sardonyx bowl with one handle
5. Agate ewer with zoomorphic handle
6. Marble ciborium with Greek inscription
7. Throne-reliquary (the "Sedia di San Marco")

Byzantine

Byzantine enamels and goldsmith work
Margaret E. Frazer

Precious metalwork with enamel
8. The "Grotto of the Virgin"
9. Bookcover with Crucifixion and the Virgin orans
10. Chalice of the emperor Romanos (with handles)
11. Chalice of the emperor Romanos (without handles)
12. Panel with half-figure of St. Michael
13. Reliquary of the True Cross
14. Bookcover with Christ and the Virgin orans
15. Chalice with Eucharistic inscription
16. Chalice of the Patriarchs
17. Sardonyx chalice with figural enamel
18. Alabaster paten with enamel of Christ
19. Icon with full-length figure of St. Michael
20. Bookcover with Crucifixion and Anastasis

Precious metalwork without enamel
21. Gilded and painted glass bowl
22. Hexagonal rock-crystal vessel
23. Chalice of Sisinnios
24. Glass hanging-lamp
25. Alabaster paten with invocation
26. Glass bowl with honeycomb pattern
27. Glass bowl (paten?) with handle
28. Reliquary-casket of Trebizond

Islamic

Islamic hardstone-carving
Daniel Alcouffe

29. Turquoise glass bowl
30. Rock-crystal dish
31. Ewer of the caliph al-Azĩz-billãh
32. Rock-crystal cruet

Western

Western metalwork
William D. Wixom

Venetian filigree
Danielle Gaborit-Chopin

33. Lamp of perfume-burner (the "Chiesola")
34. Staurotheca of Henry of Flanders
35. Sardonyx cruet
36. Icon with lapis lazuli Crucifixion medallion
37. Rock-crystal vessel
38–39. Rock-crystal candlesticks
40. Altar-frontal of St. Mark
41. Reliquary of the arm of St. George
42. Serpentine chalice
43. Stone incense-boat
44. Reliquary-casket of fourteen Eastern saints
45. Rock-crystal bowl
46. Reliquary of the Column of the Flagellation
47. Pastoral staff

Bibliography
Glossary
Concordance
Index of principal names of persons and places
Photographic acknowledgments