Icon of the Ascension

Post-Byzantine, ca. 1820

Wood and varnish

3 3/8 × 3 13/16 × 3/16 in. (8.6 x 9.7 x 0.4 cm); 0.462 oz. (13.1 g)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.172

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Double-Sided Stone Icon with the Mother of God and Jesus Christ and Saint Nicholas

Byzantine, 13th–14th centuries

Stone, perhaps steatite

1 15/32 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in. (3.2 × 1.5 × 0.6 cm); 0.61 oz. (17.4 g)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.181

Ring with Holy Rider Iconography

Byzantine, 5th–7th centuries

Bronze

Diameter of opening, 1 in. (2.54 cm); bezel, 1/2 × 7/16 × 1/16 in. (1.25 × 1.11 × 0.15 cm); 0.16 oz. (4.5 g)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.100

Bread Stamp

Greek, 18th century

Wood

5 1/4 × 4 1/8 × 1 13/16 in. (13.2 × 10.6 × 4.6 cm)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.360

Healing Scroll

Ethiopian, date unknown

Ink on parchment

46 1/16 × 3 3/4 in. (117.0 × 9.5 cm)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.209

Icon of Saint Nicholas with Metal Revetment

Wood base, egg tempera, silver and gilded silver metal revetment attached by nails

11 7/16 × 9 8/16 × 1 13/16 in. (28.6 × 24.2 × 4.5 cm)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.402

Pendant With Holy Rider and Saint Thekla

Byzantine, 6th–7th centuries

Bronze

1 3/16 × 1 3/8 in. (3 × 3.5 cm); 0.3 oz. (8.9 g)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.114

Revetment for an Icon of the Virgin Hodegetria

Post-Byzantine, date unknown

Silver

11 1/16 × 6 11/16 × 9/16 in. (28.4 × 17.0 × 1.4 cm); 2.96 oz. (84.0 g)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.345

Double-Sided Painted Icon

Ethiopian, 19th century

Tempera on gesso-covered wood (possibly olivewood), pigment, and string

Central panel, 4 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 in. (10.1 × 8.0 × 1.6 cm); side 1 wing, 2 13/16 × 2 5/8 × 5/16 in. (7.1 × 6.6 × 0.5 cm); side 2 wing: 2 13/16 × 2 5/8 × 1/8 in. (7.1 × 6.7 × 0.4 cm); 3.23 oz. (91.5 g)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.190

Athos: In the Shadow of Heaven; Stories about the Holy, Miracle-working, and Glorious Icons of the Theotokos and Other Saints on Athos

Greek, 1861

Paper, twine, ink

10 × 6 × 3/4 in. (25.4 × 15.2 × 2 cm)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Purchase by the Department of Art History, 2022.60

Amulet with Saint Spyridon

Greek, before 1929

Silver, paper contents

Amulet, 2 7/16 × 2 1/8 × 5/16 in. (6.3 × 5.5 × 1.0 cm); chain, 22 × 1/8 in. (56.0 × 0.30 cm); 3.407 oz. (96.58 g)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.159

The Passion of Saint Demetrius from the Oxford Menologian

Byzantine, 1322–1340 (original); 2007 (facsimile)

Parchment, gold leaf, paint (original); printed images on thick paper (facsimile)

Folio dimensions, 5 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (13.3 × 10.8 cm)

Bodleian Libraries, Ms. gr. th. f. 1 (original); Chalmers Library, Special Collections and Archives, BX393 .M45 2006 (facsimile)

Seal of George, apo eparchon, with the Bust of St. Demetrios

Byzantine, 7th–8th centuries

Lead

1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); 0.75 oz. (21.1 g)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.116

Icon with Saints Procopius and John of Ustyug, "Fools for Christ"

Russian, ca. 1600

Tempera on wood

12 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 1 3/16 in. (31.75 × 26.67 × 3.02 cm); 34.85 oz. (988 g)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.405

Triptych Wing with the Annunciation of Mary, and Saints Nicholas and Demetrios

Post-Byzantine, 16th century

Tempera and gold on wood

5 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1/16 in. (13.97 × 6.35 × 1.52 cm)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.350

Icon with Crucifixion, Archangels, Hodegetria, Saint Prokopios, and Donor

Post-Byzantine, 17th–18th centuries

Wood, paint, and gold leaf

3 11/16 × 4 5/8 × 1/2 in. (9.5 × 11.8 × 1.3 cm)

Blick-Harris Study Collection; Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020.324