BZ.1947.24, Miniature Mosaic Icon with the Forty Martyrs of Sebasteia
Byzantine Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Museum
Late Byzantine, thirteenth century
Stone and glass on wax and wood, 22 cm x 16 cm (8 11/16 in. x 6 5/16 in.)
The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection acquired this miniature mosaic as a gift of Polly Peirce (Mrs. Theodore Leavitt) in memory of Hayford Peirce in October 1947.