The so-called "<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunthertuch" class="extiw" title="en:Gunthertuch">Bamberger Gunthertuch</a></i>", a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_silk" class="extiw" title="en:Byzantine silk">Byzantine silk</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tapestry" class="extiw" title="en:tapestry">tapestry</a> depicting a Byzantine emperor on his triumphant return from a campaign. He is crowned, bears the labarum and rides a white horse. Originally identified as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_II" class="extiw" title="en:Basil II">Basil II</a> (by A. Grabar), it is now accepted that he represents <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_I_Tzimiskes" class="extiw" title="en:John I Tzimiskes">John I Tzimiskes</a> on his return from the campaign against the Rus' in Bulgaria. He is flanked by two female <i>tychae</i>, who personify Constantinople's two <i>demoi</i>, the Blues and the Greens. The one on the right offers [possibly] a crown, and the one on the left a triumphal <i>toupha</i> headdress. The silk was acquired by Gunther, bishop of Bamberg, in 1064-5, and re-discovered on 22 December 1830 in his grave. The silk is now on display in the treasury of the Bamberg Cathedral.
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