Gilded belt-finials/pendants in the shape of codices
Gilded bronzework in the shape of a miniature sacral book – codex decorated with filigree and granulation building crosses on all the five discs. It is a unique item, a specific evidence of court culture in Great Moravia; it is interpreted either as a belt end or as a reliquary. It comes from a grave of a very rich woman.
Provenance: Mikulčice, site "Valy", grave 505
Date: 9th century
Size: 4,2 x 2,8 cm
Storage: Archaeological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Brno, CZ