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Byzantine cameo with Christ in Majesty

Image attached to Loan Ant.103.705

An image of Cameo depicting Christ in Majesty. Jasper, 1101 AD. Byzantine. Lewis Loan, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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Cameo depicting Christ in Majesty. Jasper, 1101 AD. Byzantine. Lewis Loan, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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  • Accession Number: Loan Ant.103.705; FMK.30023
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Image height: 1409 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
  • Filesize: 171.56kB

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