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Interior of the San Zeno Chapel, which was built in 822 CE by Pope Pascal I (817-824) as mausoleum for his mother Theodora. Basilica Santa Prassede, Rome.
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Interior of the San Zeno Chapel, which was built in 822 CE by Pope Pascal I (817...

Portrait of baby Nonnosa. Palaeochristian (5th century)
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Portrait of baby Nonnosa. Palaeochristian (5th century)

Cappadocian monastery of the Archangles, Church of Saint Stephen The long lasting religious debates among sects reached a peak with the adoption of the Iconoclastic view by Leon III, who was influenced by Islamic traditions. Christian priests and monks who were in favour of icons began to take refuge in Cappadocia. The Iconoclastic period lasted over a century (726-843). During this time, although several Cappadocian churches were under the influence of Iconoclasm, the people who were in favour of icons were able to continue to worship comfortably. Byzantine, Iconoclast period (8th century)
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Cappadocian monastery of the Archangles, Church of Saint Stephen The long last...

Ancient Persian rooster motif on a Byzantine or Persian silk.
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Ancient Persian rooster motif on a Byzantine or Persia...

Fragment of the sudarium of St. Austremoine with riders and lions. Four thread samite
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Fragment of the sudarium of St. Austremoine with riders and lions....

Lions and other animals. Chintz (9th-10th)
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Lions and other animals. Chintz (9th-10th)

Empress Ariane,(474-515),from Constantinople,early 6th CE Marble,25,7 x 22,6 x 22 cm RF 1525
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Empress Ariane,(474-515),from Constantinople,early 6th CE...

Crucifixion.RF 1988-6
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Crucifixion.RF 1988-6

Madonna and Infant Jesus between Saint John Baptist and Saint Parasceva, Greece, ca. 1400 Wood,27 x 21 cm RF 1988-7
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Madonna and Infant Jesus between Saint John Baptist and Saint Parasceva, Gr...

Barberini Diptych,showing the triumph of an Emperor,probably Justinian (482-565). Ivory from Constantinople,1st half 6th. 24,2 x 26,8 cm OA 9063
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Barberini Diptych,showing the triumph of an Emperor,probably Justinian (4...

The prophet Joel. Ivory tablet from Syria or Palestine, 7th or 8th CE AC 864
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The prophet Joel. Ivory tablet from Syria...

Fragment of a polyptych of originally five panels: Annunciation, Drinking the "Bitter Water"(an ordeal over Mary's virginity) and the Flight to Egypt. From the Eastern Mediterranean,second half 6th Polychrome ivory, OA 11149
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Fragment of a polyptych of originally five panels: Annunciation, Drinking...