What: High Cross of Muiredach (east face)
When: 923
Where: Monasterboice, Ireland
How: Sandstone
Thursday, November 26, 2015
High Cross of Muiredach (east face)
What: High Cross of Muiredach (east face)
When: 923
Where: Monasterboice, Ireland
How: Sandstone
Utrecht Psalter
When: ca. 820-835
Where: Hautvillers, France
How: Ink on vellum
:Longitudinal section (top) and plan (bottom) of the abbey church of Saint Michael’s
What: Longitudinal section (top) and plan (bottom)
of the abbey church of Saint Michael’s
When: 1001–1031
Where: Hildesheim,Germany
Cross-inscribed carpet page
What: Cross-inscribed carpet page
When: , ca. 698–721
Where: Northumbria, England
How: Tempera on vellum
Column with reliefs illustrating the life of Christ
What: Column with reliefs illustrating the life of Christ
When: y, ca. 1015–1022
Where: Hildesheim, Germany
How: Bronze
Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne
What: Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne
When: 792-805
Where: Aachen, German
Man (symbol of Saint Matthew)
What: Man (symbol of Saint Matthew)
When: ca. 660–680
How: Ink and
tempera on parchment
Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne
When: ninth century
Where: Metz, France
How: Bronze
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Prayer hall of the Great Mosque
When: 8th to 10th centuries
Where: Córdoba, Spain
Which: The Great Mosque has a hypostyle prayer hall with horseshoe-shaped arches adapted from Visigoths
Illuminated Tughra
When: ca. 1555–1560
Where: Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
How: Ink, Paint, and Gold on Paper,
Plan of the Umayyad Palace
When: ca. 740–750
Why: Included elaborate bathing facilities, which were an inheritance from Roman influence
Aerial view of the Dome of the Rock
When: 687–692
Where: Jerusalem
Why: It was here that Muhammad began his miraculous journey to heaven.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Folio from the Blue Koran
When: 9th to mid-10th century
How: Ink, Gold, and Silver on Blue-Dyed Vellum
Christ as Pantokrator
When: ca. 1090–1100
Where: Daphni, Greece
Why: Refers to his role as the last judge of humankind
Christ as Savior of Souls
When: Early 14th Century (Late Byzantine)
How: Tempera, Linen, and Silver on Wood
Theodora and Attendants
When: ca. 547 (Early Byzantine)
Where: Ravenna, Italy
Saint Apollinaris Amid Sheep
When: ca. 533-549
Where: Ravenna, Italy
How: Mosaic
Archangel Michael
When: Late 10th or early 11th Century
Where: Tesoro di San Marco, Venice. from Saint Mark’s Cathedral
How: Gold, Silver Gilt, and Cloisonné Enamel
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George,
When: Sixth or Early Seventh Century
How: Encaustic on wood
Aerial view of Hagia Sophia
When: 532-537
Where: Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey,
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
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