A bronze ornament found in the ruins of an early byzantine church, revealed during a rescue excavation in Sulumağara (Islahiye, Turkey) in 2002, belongs to a group of liturgical hanging devices decorated with chi-rho and latin crosses.... more
A bronze ornament found in the ruins of an early byzantine church, revealed during a rescue excavation in Sulumağara (Islahiye, Turkey) in 2002, belongs to a group of liturgical hanging devices decorated with chi-rho and latin crosses. This new find illustrates the impact of Christian iconography on the abundant production of liturgical bronzes during this period.
