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Commentary
Flasks bearing images of Saint Menas are not uncommon in Egypt. Menas was a Roman soldier who was martyred; veneration of him as a saint centered on an oasis near Alexandria. On better-preserved ampullae bearing the same scene, the…

Description
Both sides of this terracotta ampulla (pilgrim flask) are decorated with the same scene in relief: Saint Menas in prayer, flanked by two kneeling camels within a circular border of dots or studs. The saint stands frontally, arms held…

The original murals on the front of the Panagia Theoskepastos Monastery (“Panagia the God-guarded”) or the Kızlar Monastery, a former female monastery founded during the reign of Alexios III (r. 1349-90). It is at the foot of the Boztepe mountain and…

Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy r., border of dots
Rev.: Eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; border of dots., monogram to l.

Semi-circular terminals. Applied decoration in three bands around bracelet with globular beads at corners of each band.

This staff was used by Primates of San Marco and is still used during the most holy festivals. The ornate carving depicts comprises of foliate motifs, architectural renderings, as well as figures. The central figure of St. Mark is cast as opposed to…

Early 3rd century fragment from an early copy of the New Testament written in Greek in the Alexandrian text-type