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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Omeka ID 2383
Església de Sant Polyeuktos de Constantinoble
Medieval

Byzantine capital of San Polyeuktos

MAC BCN-007542

Object type
capital
Production date
524 / 527
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Barcelona
Culture
Medieval
Discovery location
Església de Sant Polyeuktos de Constantinoble
Materials
marble
Township
Istambul (Àsia, Turquia)
Technique
drillwork, carving
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
920 x 965 mm
Description
Capital of Byzantine origin made of white marble from Proconnesos. The shape is frustoconical with a very deep drilling and carved plant motifs with a clear classical influence. The base of the basket presents a moulding in the form of a collar decorated with ovals and inscribed crosses, alternating trilobate or pseudo-acanthus leaves. They are all intertwined by a stem in the lower part. A triad of cornucopias can be perceived on each side of the frontal faces. They are a centrepiece from which emerges a kind of thorny acanthus leaves, widely used in Byzantine capitals. The area of the abacus has decorations of lobed elements, from which fruit hangs, and each of the lobes contains an element in the shape of a pearl.

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