Early Europe And Colonial Americas

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T: Catacomb of Priscilla
A: Unknown
D: c. 200-400
M: Excavated tufa and fresco
P: Late Antique Europe
OL: Rome, Italy
P: N/A
F: Burial site, relgious
DT: Niches, terracotta, cubiculum, loculi
C: Occupies over 5 miles of burials. Passageways stacked on top of each other, 3 stories deep. Was wealthy. Donated the land for her families burials and then later the Christian community

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T: Santa Sabina
A: Unknown
D: c. 422-432
M: Brick and stone, Wooden roof
P: Late Antique Europe
OL: Rome, Italy
P: N/A
F: Religious
DT: Clere story, severe brick exterior, central plan, chancel arch, cornithian, arcade, colonnade, fresco

C: Used large scale building from ancient Rome to inspire it. Had sense of imperial authority. Had double aisle on side of nave. important pilgrimage site.

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T: Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel
A: Unknown
D: Early Sixth Century
M: Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum)
P: Early Byzantine Europe
OL: Vienna Genesis
P: N/A
F: N/A
DT: Manuscript, Bible stories, Handwritten
C: The story of Abraham's servant Eliezer giving Rebecca jewels to seal her betrothal to Isaac, after she had demonstrated the kindness foreseen by Abraham in offering water to Eliezer's camels. Dyed purple which suggests that it was made for a wealthy person. Jacob leading servants and wives as well as sons crossing rivers but then separated. Meets man and wrestles with him and turns out to be angel who he asks to bless him which he does.

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T: San Vitale
A: Unknown
D: c. 526-547
M: Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic
P: Early Byzantine Europe
OL: Ravenna, Italy
P: Julian the banker (Julian Argentarius)
F: Religious
DT: Octagonal centralized plan, mosaics, alabaster windows, tesserae, mandorla
C: Julian the banker provided 350 lbs. of gold to build it. Has glittering mosaics, glowing marble, and alabaster painted windows.

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T: Hagia Sophia
A: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus
D: 532-537
M: Brick and ceramic elemets with stone and mosaic veneer
P: Early Byzantine Europe
OL: Constantinople (Istanbul)
P: Justinian
F: Relgious
DT: Mosacis
C: Became mosque in 1453 after the Ottoman empire conquest. Secularized in the 20th century and is now a museum. Nave for Clergy.

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T: Merovingian looped fibulae
A: Unknown
D: Mid Sixth Century
M: Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnet and other stones
P: Early Medieval Europe
OL: Unknown
P: N/A
F:
DT: Garnet Inlaid
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T: Virgin (Theokotos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
A: Unknown
D: Sixth or Early Seventh century
M: Encaustic on Wood
P: Early Byzantine Europe
OL: Unknown
P: N/A
F: Icon

DT: Iconoclasm (aniconic), iconoclasts, iconophiles (iconodules)

T: Many destroyed because some confused icons with idols and began to destroy them. Icons meant to invoke the presence of holy figures, not to be personages represented

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