Byzantium Collection (page 24)

Bloodstone Cameo Saint George 1000-1100 Byzantium
Bloodstone Cameo with Saint George, 1000-1100. Byzantium, Contantinople, Byzantine period, 11th century. Bloodstone; overall: 3.2 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 9/16 in.)

Solidus Constans II Constantine IV Cross Potent
Solidus of Constans II and Constantine IV with a Cross Potent on Three Steps (reverse), 659-661. Byzantium, 7th century. Gold; diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)

Solidus Busts Constans II Constantine IV obverse
Solidus with Busts of Constans II and Constantine IV (obverse), 659-661. Byzantium, 7th century. Gold; diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)

Votive Polycandelon Lamp Holder 500s Byzantium
Votive Polycandelon (Lamp Holder), 500s. Byzantium, Byzantine period, 6th century. Gold; overall: 13.4 x 6.4 cm (5 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

The Istanbul Underground Cistern
The massive columned Cistern (known as the Basilica Cistern during the Roman Period). Thought to have been built during the reign of Justinian I, the age of Glory of Eastern Rome

Euphrasian basilica. Porec. Croatia
BYZANTINE ART. CROATIA. Euphrasian Basilica. Byzantine church built in the sixth century. World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. Outside view. POREC. Istrian Peninsula

Byzantine Art. Syria. Resafa. View of the ruins. Western Asi
Byzantine Art. Syria. Resafa. Archaeological site situated south-west of the city of Ar Raqqah and the Euphrates. Biblical Rezeph. Ruins. Western Asia

Syria. Basilica of St. Simeon (476-491). Courtyard with the
Byzantine Art. Syria. 5th Century. Basilica of St. Simeon (476-491). Courtyard with the remains of the St. Simeon column. Around Aleppo

St. Jason, St. Sosipater and St. Kerkyra. Byzantine fresco dating from the 17th century. From the church of Our Lady Antivouniotissa. Old Fortress Museum. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece

St. Kerkyra. Byzantine fresco. 17th century. Old Fortress Mu
St. Kerkyra. Byzantine fresco dating from the 17th century. From the church of Our Lady Antivouniotissa. Old Fortress Museum. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece

The Annunciation. Detail. 15th century. Corfu. Greece
The Annunciation. Detail. Fresco dated in the second half of the 15th century. From the church of St. Nicholas of Kato Korakiana. Old Fortress Museum. Corfu. Ionian Islands

Euphrasian basilica. Ciborium. Porec. Croatia
BYZANTINE ART. CROATIA. Euphrasian Basilica. Byzantine church built in the sixth century. World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. POREC. Inside view with the ciborium. Istrian Peninsula

Euphrasian basilica. Ciboirum. Porec. Croatia
BYZANTINE ART. CROATIA. Euphrasian Basilica. Byzantine church built in the sixth century. World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. Ciborium built in 1227. POREC. Istrian Peninsula

Euphrasian basilica. Mosaic. Porec. Croatia
BYZANTINE ART. CROATIA. Euphrasian Basilica. Byzantine church built in the sixth century. World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. Mosaic in the tympanum of the entrance to the temple. POREC

Despots Palace
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. Despots palace. Built between XIII and XV centuries. MISTRA. Province of Lakonia. Region of the Peloponnese

Byzantine icon. Virgin Hodegetria. XVI century. Greece
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. Doubled-sided ICON with the crucifixion scene in front and VIRGIN HODEGETRIA or Christ conductive on the back. Dated in the sixteenth century. Byzantine Museum. Athens

Byzantine Art. Lectionary with Gospel passages. Greece
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. Lectionary illuminated and manuscript containing the Gospel passages read during the Divine Liturgy. Open book. Byzantine Museum. Athens

Byzantine Art. Liturgical roll. Greece
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. Liturgical roll. Byzantine Museum. Athens

Hodegetria church. Mystras
BYZANTINE ART. Hodegetria Church or Aphendiko Church. Built in 1310. Outside view. Mystras. Province of Lakonia. Peloponnese

Saints Theodore church. Mystras
BYZANTINE ART. Saints Theodore Church. Built between 1290 and 1295 is one of the oldest church in Mistras. Outside view.Province of Lakonia. Peloponnese

Sancta Sophia Church. Mystras
BYZANTINE ART. Sancta Sophia church (HAGIA SOPHIA). Built by Manuel Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzenus Palaiologos, first despot of Mistras

ITALY. Ravenna. San Apollinare Nuovo. Judas remorse, 7th century. Scene from The Passion of Jesus, which decorates the upper right side of the main nave. Byzantine art. Mosaic

The Final Judgment. 1560. Detail. Paintings in the narthex of the katholikon (church). Late Byzantine art. Fresco. GREECE. THESSALY. TRIKALA. Kalambaka. Roussanou Monastery

Cover of Saint Isabels bible, 13th century. Late Byzantine art. Jewelry. ITALY. FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA. UDINE. Cividale del Friuli. Archaeological Museum

GREECE. Daphni. Dapni Monastery. View of the church (octagonal floor plan) and the original wall. XIth century. Byzantine art. Architecture

Jerusalem (6th c. )
JORDAN. Madaba. Basilica of Saint George. Jerusalem (6th c.). The oldest existing map of Palestine. Byzantine art. Mosaic

Bulgaria, Nessebur (aka Nessebar). Ruins of St. Sophia Church (aka Old Metropolitan or Old Bishopric church), late 5th to early 6th century. UNESCO

Bulgaria, Nessebur. Christ Pantocrator Church, late 13th-14th century. One of Bulgarias best preserved churches of the Middle Ages, ornate ceramic exterior. UNESCO

Bulgaria, Nessebur (aka Nessebar or Nesebar). St. Stephen Church (aka New Bishops Residence) now a museum, c. 10th century. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Bulgaria, Nessebur (aka Nessebar or Nesebar). St. John the Baptist cruciform church, 10th century. UNESCO World Heritage Site

Turkey, Trabzon. 13th century St. Sophia Church Museum (aka Ayasofya or Hagia Sophia). Very fine example of Byzantine frescoes and dome ceiling

Justinian and his council engraving 1894
Great Men and Famous Women

Roman empire map 1875
The Independent Course Comprehensive Geography by James Monteith, A.S. Barnes & Co, New York & Chicago 1875

Saint Barbaziano: Fragment of a mosaic from the Basilica Ursiana, the former Cathedral of Ravenna
XOT366595 Saint Barbaziano: Fragment of a mosaic from the Basilica Ursiana, the former Cathedral of Ravenna (mosaic) by Italian School, (12th century); Museo Arcivescovile, Ravenna, Italy; Italian

St. Ursicinus: Fragment of a mosaic from the Basilica Ursiana, the former cathedral of Ravenna
XOT361299 St. Ursicinus: Fragment of a mosaic from the Basilica Ursiana, the former cathedral of Ravenna (mosiac) by Italian School, (12th century); Museo Arcivescovile, Ravenna

St. John the Baptist: Fragment of a mosaic from the Basilica Ursiana, the former
XOT361298 St. John the Baptist: Fragment of a mosaic from the Basilica Ursiana, the former Cathedral of Ravenna (mosaic) by Italian School, (12th century); Museo Arcivescovile, Ravenna

Constantine IV granting Bishop Reparatus privileges for the church of Ravenna, 671-77
XIR331770 Constantine IV granting Bishop Reparatus privileges for the church of Ravenna, 671-77 (mosaic) by Byzantine School, (6th century); Sant Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna

King John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem (engraving)
XJF311224 King John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem (engraving) by English School; Private Collection; (add.info.: John of Brienne (c.1170-1237)

Portrait of Mehmed II (engraving) (b / w photo)
XJF265871 Portrait of Mehmed II (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Constantine the Great (270-337) and St. Helena (mosaic)
XIR198448 Constantine the Great (270-337) and St. Helena (mosaic) by Veneto-Byzantine School, (13th century); San Marco, Venice, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

H 1523 fol. 158v-159r View of Istanbul and the Bosphorus Straits, from the Hunername
XYL229557 H 1523 fol.158v-159r View of Istanbul and the Bosphorus Straits, from the Hunername by Lokman, 1558 (pen & ink and gouache on paper) (see 181495 for detail) by Turkish School

Emperor Constantine I (c. 274-337) the Great (mosaic)
XIR154745 Emperor Constantine I (c.274-337) the Great (mosaic) by Byzantine; San Marco, Venice, Italy; out of copyright

HAGIA SOPHIA: CONSTRUCTION. Byzantine Emperor Justinian (483-565) supervising the construction of Hagia Sophia, which only took five years

HAGIA SOPHIA, 1200s. Men of Constantinople praying in Hagia Sophia. Byzantine manuscript illumination from the Skylitzes Codex, 13th century

JOHN VIII PALEOLOGUS. (1390-1448). Emperor of Constantinople, 1425-1448. Contemporary miniature

BYZANTIUM: CONSTRUCTION. The construction of a house. Byzantine manuscript illumination from a psalter made in the Studios Monastery in Constantinople, 1066

BYZANTIUM: ICONOCLASM. An iconoclast destroying an image of Christ with whitewash. Illumination from a manuscript psalter made in the Studios Monastery in Constantinople, 1066

ARAB WARFARE, 1038. Arabs trying to take the town of Edessa, in present day Turkey, by trickery. Byzantine manuscript illumination from the Sklylitzes Codex, 13th-14th century

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