Cross with Saint Blaise
In addition to representations of the Crucifixion and the Virgin, Byzantine crosses also show images of saints with specific powers. This bronze cross, which may have functioned as an altar or processional cross, depicts St. Blaise, a 4th-century physician and bishop of Sebas...
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14419
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George Zacos, Istanbul and Geneva, by purchase; Constantin A. Marinescu (""Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd.""), New York, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1993, by purchase.
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CC0
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en
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3
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