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Side A: archaistic Athena

Side B: two boys wrestling.

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

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…

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

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

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…