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View illustrated essays in a related feature on Byzantine art, including a visual essay on the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt.
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The images in this section offer a sampling of works on view in Gallery I. In order to appreciate the full scope of the exhibition, please visit the Metropolitan in person.
For events and programs related to the exhibition, see the online calendar.
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Funeral Oration of Manuel II Palaiologos for His Brother Theodore. Constantinople, 1409–11. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Paris (Supplément grec 309).
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Reveted Icon with the Virgin Hodegetria. Cover (thringion), Constantinople, late 13th–early 14th century; painting, Dionysius (?),1 Moscow, last quarter of the 15th century. State Tret'iakov Gallery, Moscow (22722, OS 118).
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Pyxis with Royal Figures, Musicians, and Dancers. Byzantine (Thessalonike?), 1403–4 (?). Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. (36.24).
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Icon with the Doubting of Thomas. Between 1367 and 1384. The Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration, Meteora, Greece.
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The Alexander Romance (fol. 143v). Trebizond, mid- to late 14th century. Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies, Venice (Codex 5).
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Two-Sided Icon with the Virgin Pafsolype and Feast Scenes and the Crucifixion and Prophets. Byzantine (Constantinople?), second half of the 14th century. Tempera on gessoed wood. Collection of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Istanbul.
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