File:Marble icon with the Virgin and Child (12th cent.) at the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens on 12 April 2019.jpg

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English: Marble icon with the Virgin and Child. From Thessaloniki, 12th c. Along with portable icons, marble icons were also present in churches. They were usually embedded in walls near the sanctuary, in the narthex or even in exterior elevations. Accession Number: BMX 983. Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, Greece. Text: Museum inscription.
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