Phylactery (Reliquary Penant)
500–700
- Medium
- copper alloy
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); Overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
- Genre
- Metalwork
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
About
Made in the 500s, this Byzantine phylactery, or personal reliquary, was meant to be worn around the neck on a chain. It is fashioned of bronze and still contains its original linen-wrapped relic.