COLLECTIONS / Copies
The Copies collection contains more than 350 copies of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine wall-paintings, wall and pavement mosaics, icons, textiles and sculpture.
The size, the medium and the copying techniques vary, as do the reasons for producing these works. They date from the last decades of the nineteenth century up to the 21th c.
The Copies Collection, which makes lost Byzantine works accessible while at the same time it reflects the artistic production of a whole period, is one of the least well known in the Byzantine Museum. It ceased to be displayed in 1964, and it is only in recent years that its artistic and historical importance has been recognized.
Gallery View
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The Angel of the Annunciation
Wall-painting copy from the Hagioi Theodoroi Church in Mystras.
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Scenes from the Holy Testament and Martyrs
Leaf with copies of miniatures from a Byzantine Psalter from Mt Athos, 1923-1924.
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Scenes from the Holy Testament
Leaf with copies of miniatures from a Byzantine Psalter from Mt Athos.1923-1924.
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Eight animal-shaped initial letters
Leaf with copies of inital letters from a Byzantine Psalter from Mt Athos, 1923-1924.
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Scenes from the Holy Testament
Leaf with copies of miniatures from a Byzantine Psalter from Mt Athos, 1923-1924.
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Justinian and his retinue
A copy of the famous mosaic from the church of San Vitale in Ravenna with Justinian and his retinue. It was placed in the ent...
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