Copper Repoussé icons of Middle and Later Byzantine Times
Abstract
A group of icons made of thin sheets of copper alloy or bronze worked in repoussé is presented here. Despite their fragmentary state, the various purposes to which they were put can be suggested, often as imitations of precious icons and decorations known from contemporary writings. Their modest monetary worth can be deduced from references to them in literary sources. Such pieces were most likely found in the upper class milieu, where they would have served as icons for private prayer, decoration of modest churches and chapels and donations or bequests given to monasteries.
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SCHWARTZ, E. C. (2016). Copper Repoussé icons of Middle and Later Byzantine Times. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 35, 361–374. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.1763
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