SILK FABRIC DRAWING WITH THE MONOGRAM OF THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR HERACLIUS– DATABLE BETWEEN 610 AND 641 – DIOCESAN MUSEUM, LIEGE

Byzantine fabrics continue to be important in Italy even under the Lombard dominion, incredibly rare are the examples definitely originating from the imperial manufactures like this one on which the letters of the name Heraclius (Eraclion) are monogrammed in the form of a cross.

Otto von Falke reconstructed the complete design of fabric mainly from two fragments from the reliquary of St. Madelberte of Liège.