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Book Cover with Byzantine Icon of the Crucifixion, before 1085
Byzantine (ivory); Spanish (setting)
Silver-gilt with pseudo-filigree, glass, crystal, and sapphire cabochons, Ivory on wood support; Overall: 10 3/8 x 8 5/8 x 1 in. (26.4 x 21.9 x 2.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.134)

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This photo of item # 17.190.134 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was contributed under the team name " Opal_Art_Seekers_4 " as part of the Wikipedia Loves Art project in February 2009.
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