Decorative motifs of different objects: 1) Reliquary of the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg 2) Cross of Maastricht 3) Reliquary of Aachen 4) Reliquary of San Giovanni in Laterano (Rome) 5) Staurotheke of Philophée
Stucco decoration of the Neonian Baptistery, representation of the prophet to the right of the first window. The figure, holding a scroll, stands into an aedicule with a seashell at the top.
Decorative motifs of different reliquaries: 1) Reliquary Sreznevsky 2) Staurotheke of Jaucourt 3) Staurotheke of Philopée 4) Reliquary of the Hermitage (Leningrad) 5) Dyscos of Halberstadt 6) Staurotheke of the Hermitage (Leningrad) 7) Icon covering…
Byzantine staurotheke (reliquary of the Holy Cross): it is decorated with precious stones and gold plaques with the representation of Christ on the throne, the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, two Archangels and twelve Saints.