真十字架圣物箱(菲斯奇摩根真十字架遗物)

拜占庭

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 303

这只用来装盛“真十字架”残片的盒子盖上描绘了基督被钉死在十字架上的场景。基督穿着一件符合早期基督教传统的紫色无袖长袍。他挺直的身躯和张开的双眼表明他已战胜死亡,圣母玛利亚和神学家圣约翰站在他两侧哀悼。二十七位圣徒的半身像围住十字架受难场景,并分布在盒子四周。盒盖内侧有四个宣告基督为救世主的场景:天使报喜、耶稣诞生、十字架受难、耶稣复活(下降至地狱)。带有雕刻的盒底好似书籍封面,可能是暗指记载了耶稣在十字架受难的四福音书。

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

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