Early Christian And Byzantine 2

Front 1

Roman Vergil, late 5th c. - Author Portrait

Back 1

Front 2

Roman Vergil, late 5th c. - Aeneas and Dido in Cave

Back 2

Front 3

Passion Ivories, c. 400 - Crucifixion and Death of Judas

Back 3

Front 4

Trier Ivory, 5th cent. (?)

Back 4

Front 5

Consular Diptychs of Boethius, 487

Back 5

Front 6

San Vitale, Ravenna, 526-48

Back 6

Front 7

San Vitale, Ravenna, 526-48 - Ecclesius

Back 7

Front 8

San Vitale, Ravenna, 526-48 - Maximianus

Back 8

Front 9

San Vitale, Ravenna, 526-48 - Justinian

Back 9

Front 10

San Vitale, Ravenna, 526-48 - Theodora

Back 10

Front 11

Sant’Apollinare in Classe, near Ravenna, 549

Back 11

Front 12

SS. Sergius and Backos, Constantinople, 527-36

Back 12

Front 13

Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, 532-37, Architects: Anthemios of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus

Back 13

Front 14

Monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai, 548-65, Architect: Stephen of Aila, Abbot Longinus

Back 14

Front 15

Monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai, 548-65 - Apse Mosaic Transfiguration

Back 15

Front 16

Diptych of an Empress (Ariadne?), c. 500-20

Back 16

Front 17

Barberini Diptych (Justinian), 530-35

Back 17

Front 18

Cathedra of Archbishop Maximianus, c. 547

Back 18

Front 19

Vienna Dioscurides, 512 - Anicia Juliana

Back 19

Front 20

Rossano Gospels, c. 550 - Entry into Jerusalem

Back 20

Front 21

Rossano Gospels, c. 550 - Christ Before Pilate

Back 21

Front 22

Rabbula Gospels, c. 586 - Crucifixion

Back 22

Front 23

Rabbula Gospels, c. 586 - Ascension

Back 23

Front 24

David Plates, c. 620 - David and Goliath

Back 24

Front 25

Virgin and Child with Sts. George and Theodore, icon, c. 600 - encaustic (Mt. Sinai)

Back 25

Front 26

Christ, icon, c. 600 (Mt. Sinai)

Back 26

Front 27

Mosaics, Hagios Demetrios, Thessaloniki, c. 650

Back 27

Front 28

Khuldov Psalter, c. 850 - Nicephoros, John the Grammarian

Back 28

Front 29

Mosaics, Church of the Koimesis (Dormition) (destroyed), Nicaea, 8th-9th cent.

Back 29

Front 30

Church of the Koimesis (Dormition) (destroyed), Nicaea, c. 700 - Cross-Domed Church

Back 30

Front 31

Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki, c. 700; dome mosaic, late 9th cent.

Back 31

Front 32

Leo VI the Wise before Christ, narthex, H. Sophia, Constantinople, after 912 - proskynesis

Back 32

Front 33

Myrelaion Church (Bodrum Camii), Constantinople, c. 920

Back 33

Front 34

Great Lavra Monastery, Mt. Athos, founded 963 - katholikon, phiale, trapeza

Back 34

Front 35

Christ Crowning Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos, c. 940

Back 35

Front 36

Veroli Casket, 10th cent. - Sacrifice of Iphigenia, Bellerophon

Back 36

Front 37

40 Martyrs of Sebaste [Berlin], 10th cent.

Back 37

Front 38

Joshua Roll, c. 950

Back 38

Front 39

Paris Psalter, 10th cent. - David Composing Psalms

Back 39

Front 40

Paris Psalter, 10th cent. - Penitence of David

Back 40

Front 41

Monastery of Hosios Lukas, near Phocis - Theotokos Church, c. 950; Katholikon, c. 1000-1050

Back 41

Front 42

Monastery of Hosios Lukas - Nativity Mosaic

Back 42

Front 43

Monastery of Hosios Lukas - Crucifixion Mosaic

Back 43

Front 44

Monastery of Hosios Lukas - Anastasis Mosaic

Back 44

Front 45

Psalter of Basil II Bulgaroctonos, after 1014 - Dedicatory Page

Back 45

Front 46

Psalter of Basil II Bulgaroctonos, after 1014 - Scenes of David

Back 46

Front 47

Christ, Constantine IX Monomachos and Zoe, mosaic, H. Sophia, Constantinople, 1042-55

Back 47

Front 48

St. Sophia, Kiev, begun 1037

Back 48