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    The Monomachus Crown (Greek: Στέμμα του Μονομάχου; Hungarian: Monomakhosz-korona) is a set of pieces of engraved Byzantine goldwork, decorated with cloisonné...
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    I of Hungary crowned 1000/1001. It is one of two known Byzantine crowns to survive, the other being the slightly earlier Monomachus Crown in the Hungarian...
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  • Monomachos (redirect from Monomachus)
    Monomachus, a friend and staff officer of the Carthaginian general Hannibal Monomakh's Cap, a symbol-crown of the Russian autocracy Monomachus Crown,...
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    IX Monomaque', Byzantion, vol. 33, 1963, p. 241-248. "Constantine IX Monomachus". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 11 April 2023. Head, Constance (1982)...
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    The crown became known as "Monomakh's Cap", the term first recorded in a Muscovite document from 1518. However the fact that Constantine IX Monomachus died...
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    civil war; they were never redeemed. The enamelled plates from the Monomachus Crown showing, but probably not made for, the Byzantine emperor Constantine...
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    It has recently been suggested that the enamelled plates from the Monomachus Crown in Budapest showing, but probably not made for, the Byzantine emperor...
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    Michael were married on the same day as the supposed murder, and he was crowned Emperor Michael IV on the following day. In 1041, Zoe was persuaded to...
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    liturgical equipment like the chalice and paten, or in some examples, royal crowns. Collections of small enamels may be set together to make a larger, narrative...
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    (left), Constantine IX (centre), and Theodora (right) depicted on the Monomachus Crown Golden seal of Theodora, 1056 15th-century portrait of Theodora in...
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