Santa Constanza, 337 – 351 CE

Rome

Mosaic from the Ambulatory

Justinian, Bishop Maximianus, and attendants, North wall of the apse

547 CE

San Vitale, Ravenna

Theodora and attendants, south wall of the apse, ca. 547

San Vitale, Ravenna

Pectoral with Coins, Egyptca.530-550 CE

Hagia Sophia, 532 – 537 CE  “Naos of the Holy Wisdom of God”

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

Istanbul, Turkey (Constantinople)

Dome of the Rock (SE view), Jerusalem 687-692 CE

Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria 706-715 CE

Alhambra,  Grenada, Spain, Later Islamic Architecture

Courtyard of the Lions, Alhambra, 1354 - 1391

Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, 16^th century Iran

Mihrab, from the Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Iranca. 1354, Glazed Mosaic Tilework 11’3’’x7’6’

Tughra or Imperial Cipher Of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent ca. 1555

Ink, watercolor and gold on paper

Opening folio of  Volume 26 Baghdad Koran 1306-7 Baghdad, Iraq Ink, watercolor,  gold 17’’x13’’

Canteen with episodes from the life of Jesus, Syria ca. 1240 – 1250 Brass, inlaid with silver 1’ ½ ‘’ high

Merovingian Looped Fibulae mid 6^th century CE Silver gilt in filigree with inlays of garnets and other stones  4”

Purse Cover, Sutton Hoo Burial Site, ca. 625 England

Excavated in 1938

Reconstructions of Helmet Sutton Hoo Burial England Original: c. 625 CE

Sutton Hoo Belt Buckle With Zoomorphic Decoration, c. 625 CE Britain

High Cross of Muiredach, east face, Monasterboice, Ireland 923 CE

St. Matthew, Book of Durrow Folio 21. 660-680 CE, Iona, Scotland Ink tempera on parchment

Cross-inscribed carpet page Folio 26 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels, Tempera on vellum, Northumbria, England Ca. 698 – 721 CE

Chi-Rho-Iota Page, Book of Kells 790 – 820 CE Scotland

The Tower and Scriptorium Of San Salvador de Tabara, colophon (folio 168)

Of the commentary on the Apocalypse By Beatus  Illuminator: Emeterius  920 CE

Equestrian Statue of  Charlemagne, 9^th c. CE France (9 ½’’)

St. Matthew, Ebbo Gospels Ca. 816- 835 CE France

Plaque with St. John the Evangelist 9^th century CE Aachen, Germany Approximately 7x3’’   In principio erat verbum

Crucifixion, Front cover of the Lindau Gospels Switzerland  ca.870 CE

Plan and interior Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne Aachen, Germany, 792-805 CE

Christ Blessing Otto II and Theophanu 972-973 CE Ivory

St. Michael’s  Hildesheim, German 1001-1031 CE Built by Otto III’s  tutor Bishop Bernward

Hildesheim Doors Left door: Genesis Right door: life of Christ Hildesheim, Germany

1015 CE 15’ ¾’’

God Accusing Adam and Eve Detail from the left door, 1015 CE

“Viking Buddha” detail from Bucket found in the Oseberg Ship Burial, ca. 834 CE

Animal Head Post, from Oseberg Burial, ca. 834 CE

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Begun 10^th century CE (with later additions)

Galicia, Spain

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Begun 10^th century CE (with later additions)

Galicia, Spain

Portico de la Gloria, 12^th century Cathedral of Santiago Artist: Mateo

Portico de la Gloria, 12^th century Cathedral of Santiago Artist: Mateo

Portico de la Gloria, 12^th century Cathedral of Santiago Artist: Mateo

Head Reliquary of St. Alexander Stavelot, Belgium 1145 CE

Creation of Temptation of Adam and Eve Detail of the frieze on the west façade Modena Cathedral Ca.1110, 3’ tall Artist/Sculptor: Wiligelmo

Façade of the Pisa Cathedral Begun 1063 Pisa, Italy

Baptistry of Pisa, begun 1153 CE Architect: Diotisalvi

Campanile, begun 1174 CE  (the so-called “Leaning Tower”) Pisa Complex