Relicário da Vera Cruz (Estauroteca Fieschi Morgan)

Bizantino

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

A tampa desta caixa, feita para guardar uma relíquia da Vera Cruz, representa a Crucificação de Cristo. O traje de Cristo, um colobium (túnica sem manga) de cor púrpura, segue uma tradição paleocristã. Sua postura erguida e olhos abertos expressam o triunfo sobre a morte; em cada lado de Cristo, a Virgem e João, o teólogo, expressam lamento. A tampa e as laterais do relicário são decoradas com vinte e sete bustos de santos. No inverso da caixa, quatro cenas anunciam a missão de Cristo como salvador: a Anunciação, a Natividade, a Crucificação e a Anástase (Descida ao inferno). O fundo gravado da caixa é similar a uma capa de livro, provavelmente uma referência aos Evangelhos que narram a história da Crucificação.

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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