Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Psalm 44 Urecht Psalter

Animal head post Oseberg

Decoration on a Viking ship

The abbey church of saint michaels Hildesheim

Cross inscribed carpet page

Column Saint Michaels Hildesheim

Interior of the Palatine chapel of Charlemagne

Man Symbol of Saint Matthew

Folio 21 verso of the book of Durrow 

Crucifix commissioned by archbishop gero

Cologne cathedral

Great Mosque Damascus

Detail of mosaics in the courtyard

Blue Koran

Christ as Pantokrator

Dome mosaic in the church of the dormition.     

Throne of Maximianus

Christ as savior of souls

Archangel Michael icon

Katholikon

Monastery of Hosios Loukas 

Hagia Sophia

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne

Or Charles the bald. From Metz France 

Pyxis of al-Mughira

From Medina al-Zahara near cordoba Spain. 

Prayer Hall of the Mezquita

Cordoba, Spain 

Mausoleum of the Samanids

Bukhara Uzbekistan. 

Mihrab from the Madras Imami

Isfahan Iran glazed mosaic tile work tilework

Tugrah of Suleyman the Magnificent

Clay bead project

Clay bead with copper,gold,bronze and patina.

Plan Umayyad Palace

Mshatta

Muqarnas Dome

Hall of the Abencerrajes, Palace of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain

Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem. Abd al-Malik erected the dome of the rock to mark the triumph of Islam in Jerusalem 

Archangel Michael

Right leaf of a diptych. Ivory. 

Christ before Pilate.

Rossano Gospels 

Theodora and attendants

Mosaic on the south wall of the apse. San Vitale, Ravenna Italy. 

Annunciation

Reverse of two-sided icon from the church of Virgin Peribleptos, Ohrid, Macedonia. Tempers on linen and wood. 

Saint Apollinaris amid sheep

Apse mosaic. Sant'Apollinare in Classe Ravenna Italy. 

Virgin (Theotokos) and child between saints Theodore and George

Encaustic on wood. Mount Sinai, Egypt. 

Katholikon

Monastery of Hosios Loukas. Distomo, Greece. 

Monday, November 2, 2015

Old farmer of corycus

Christ as sol invictus

Carved wood door of Santa sabina

Ravennas orthodox baptistery

Woman sacrificing at an altar

Miracle of the loaves and dishes

Interior of Santa sabina

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Restored cutaway view of the Christian community house

Christ seated

Interior of Santa Costanza

Seated portrait of the Greek poet Menander

Pompey the great

Mummy portrait of a priest serapis

Apollodorus of Damascus Markets of Trajan

Portrait bust of Livia from Arsinoe

Procession of the imperial family