Also in craft works, Byzantine art presents Christ as "Pantocrator" (Lord of all) holding the book with his right hand and so revealing the mysteries of the Trinity and of the Incarnation. Another peculiar characteristic of these works is the presence of the nimbus (halo).

This enamel was probably applied on a reliquary or on similar kind of furnishing as seen by the holes on the edge of the little metal disc. On the sides, in two circles, the monogram, a Greek abbreviation, states that is "Lesus Cristos", Jesus, God`s oil, the Messiah. Christ`s eyes, framed by hair and beard and made intense by thick eyebrows, are impressive in the simplicity of the picture.

"The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them" Numbers 6, 26-27