Qalat Saman, Church of St. Simeon the Elder, 480 - 90

Qalat Saman, Church of St. Simeon the Elder, 480 - 90

Qalat Saman, Church of St. Simeon the Elder, 480 - 90

Qalat Saman, Church of St. Simeon the Elder, 480 - 90

Qalat Saman, Church of St. Simeon the Elder, 480 - 90

Ephesus, St. John the Theologian (church, 5th-6th c)

Ephesus, St. John the Theologian (church, 5th-6th c)

small sekreton, altered mosaic, 750, hagia sophia

• Paris, Louvre Museum, Barberini Ivory (second quarter 6th c.)

Moscow, Khludov Psalter, 850-75

Damascus, Great Mosque, mosaics (705-15)

Constantinople, Hagia Eirene, apse mosaic (after 753)

Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Icon of Christ,(6th c.)

 Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, (built by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus 532-37)

London, British Museum, Ivory of St. Michael, 2nd quarter 6th c. half of an imperial diptych; "receive the supplicant before you despite his sinfulness"

Nicaea, church of the Koimesis, mosaics, Apse Mosaic, Theotokos ad Child, 8th and 9th c

ornithological treatise by dionysus, ca 512

 Constantinople, St. Polyeuktos (built for Anicia Juliana, early 6th c., ca. 520)

 Constantinople, St. Polyeuktos (built for Anicia Juliana, early 6th c., ca. 520)

 Constantinople, St. Polyeuktos (built for Anicia Juliana, early 6th c., ca. 520)

 S. Apollinare Nuovo (ca. 490)

 S. Apollinare Nuovo (ca. 490)

 S. Apollinare Nuovo (ca. 490)

S. Vitale (ca. 522-48?)

S. Vitale (ca. 522-48?)

S. Vitale (ca. 522-48?)

S. Vitale (ca. 522-48?)

S. Vitale (ca. 522-48?)

S. Vitale (ca. 522-48?)

S. Vitale (ca. 522-48?)

S. Vitale (ca. 522-48?)

S. Vitale (ca. 522-48?)

S. Vitale (ca. 522-48?)

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna Dioskurides, ca. 512, 

Seven Famous Pharmocologists

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna Dioskurides, ca. 512, Juliana with personifications of Magnanimity, Prudence and Gratitude of the Arts

Dioskurides composing the treatise with artist painting a mandrake, held by a personification of Power of Thought

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna Dioskurides, ca. 512, 

Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, apse mosaic (565)

Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, apse mosaic (565)

Um-al-Rasas (Jordan), church of St. Stephen, floor mosaics (718), 756 and later

Um-al-Rasas (Jordan), church of St. Stephen, floor mosaics (718), 756 and later

Um-al-Rasas (Jordan), church of St. Stephen, floor mosaics (718), 756 and later

Princeton Art Museum, ampulla of St. John (6th c.?)

Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Icon of St. Peter (6th or early 7th c.)

Constantinople, Sts. Sergius and Bacchus (527-532?) - impost and melon capitals, pumpkin dome

Constantinople, Sts. Sergius and Bacchus (527-532?) - impost and melon capitals, pumpkin dome

Constantinople, Sts. Sergius and Bacchus (527-532?) - impost and melon capitals, pumpkin dome

Constantinople, Sts. Sergius and Bacchus (527-532?) - impost and melon capitals, pumpkin dome

Constantinople, Sts. Sergius and Bacchus (527-532?) - impost and melon capitals, pumpkin dome

Constantinople, Sts. Sergius and Bacchus (527-532?) - impost and melon capitals, pumpkin dome

Sinai, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Icon of the Theotokos (6th c.)

ivory throne of arch bishop maximian, 540s