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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 III. 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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Fresco Fragment with the Head of a Military Saint. Byzantine (Pyrgos, Euboea, Greece), end of the 13th century. Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens.
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Fragment of a Fresco with Saint Catherine and an Unknown Martyr. Russia (Pskov), second half of the 14th century. State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg (B2324).
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Binding with the Crucifixion and the Anastasis. Northern Greek or southern Balkan (?). (Thessalonike?), late 14th–early 15th century. Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice (Cl. Gr. I, 55; 967).
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Leaf from a Psalter: King David Standing between Female Personifications of Wisdom and Prophecy. Byzantine, second half of the 13th century. National Library of Russia, Saint Petersburg (Ms. gr. 269).
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Acts and Epistles of the Apostles (fols. 83v–84r). Moscow, 1410s. State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg (Dr.GR. 20).
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The Four Gospels (fols. 75v–76r). T oros the Philosopher, scribe and illuminator. Armenian (Drazark, Cilicia), 1290/91. The State Hermitage, Saint Petersburg (V3-835).
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