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Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin

Cloisonné-enamel panel made in Constantinople around 1100 and once part of a cover for an icon of the Virgin Hagiosoritissa.

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Title: Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin
Date: ca. 1100
Medium: Cloisonné enamel, gold, copper
Culture: Byzantine
Geography: Made in Constantinople
Classification: Enamels-Cloisonné
Source record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art object 17.190.646 ↗
Rights checked: 2026-09-10 · Public Domain

Geography + Transmission profile

Constantinople & Marmara

4th–15th c. Byzantine core; records vary · 1 registered source

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Historical frame

Imperial-capital and Marmara/Nicaean context.

Production / use

Object record: Cloisonné-enamel panel made in Constantinople around 1100 and once part of a cover for an icon of the Virgin Hagiosoritissa. Production place is taken only from explicit museum/graph evidence; current collection is a separate present-location state.

Movement / provenance

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Artistic relation

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Reception / adaptation

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Geography is not transmission proofGeographic proximity, shared typology, or visual similarity does not establish influence, workshop movement, trade, or transmission direction.

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Places + regional groupings

2 direct

Constantinoplemade-in · source-backed Constantinopolitan Luxury Production Network← includes-object-production-evidence · source-backed

Verified objects

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Icon types + scenes

1 direct

Virgin Hagiosoritissaassociated-with-type · source-backed

Materials + making

1 direct

Cloisonné Enameluses-technique · source-backed

History + actors

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Concepts + transmission methods

1 direct

Rights & Provenance Boundary← governs · system-rule

Two-step navigation

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Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginmade-in →Constantinople← located-in →Hagia Sophia

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginmade-in →Constantinople← located-in →Chora Church / Monastery

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginassociated-with-type →Virgin Hagiosoritissa← depicts-as-type →Double-Sided Pendant Icon (Met 1994.403)

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginuses-technique →Cloisonné Enamel← uses-technique →Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frame

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginmade-in →Constantinople← associated-with →Virgin Hodegetria

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginmade-in →Constantinople← associated-with →Virgin Eleousa

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginuses-technique →Cloisonné Enameluses-material →Precious Metal

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginuses-technique →Cloisonné Enameluses-material →Glass Frit

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginassociated-with-type →Virgin Hagiosoritissarepresents →Virgin Mary

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginmade-in →Constantinople← occurs-at →Capture of Constantinople, 1204

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginassociated-with-type →Virgin Hagiosoritissauses-gesture →Raised Hands in Prayer

Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginassociated-with-type →Virgin Hagiosoritissauses-pose →Three-Quarter Intercessory Pose

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Sources supporting this profile.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin
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5 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 3 navigation themes

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Cloisonné EnamelPanel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin —uses-technique→ Cloisonné Enamel · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-226.ConstantinoplePanel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin —made-in→ Constantinople · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-227.Constantinopolitan Luxury Production NetworkPanel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin ←includes-object-production-evidence— Constantinopolitan Luxury Production Network · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-667.Virgin HagiosoritissaPanel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virgin —associated-with-type→ Virgin Hagiosoritissa · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-225.

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Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginuses-techniqueCloisonné Enameluses-techniqueDouble-Sided Pendant Icon (Met 1994.403)
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Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginuses-techniqueCloisonné Enameluses-materialPrecious Metal
Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
Panel from a Cover for an Icon of the Virginuses-techniqueCloisonné Enameluses-techniqueByzantine–Georgian Enamel Network
Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.

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