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Essay

The Byzantine City of Amorium

February 1, 2009

By Christopher S. Lightfoot

Amorium was one of the largest and most important cities in Anatolia during the early Middle Ages, becoming in the second half of the seventh century the capital of the Byzantine province or theme of Anatolikon.
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Essay

Saints and Other Sacred Byzantine Figures

October 1, 2004

By Annie Montgomery Labatt

The main focus of Byzantine devotion was the Virgin Mary, but certain other sacred figures were prominent in Byzantine spiritual life as well.
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Essay

Byzantine Ivories

October 1, 2007

By Edmund C. Ryder

The allure of this substance is easily understood: its smooth, tactile quality and creamy color made it ideal for the creation of luxury goods.
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video

Everyday Angels

January 22, 2015
"You can see the concentration on their faces."—Griffith Mann, curator
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Essay

Frescoes and Wall Painting in Late Byzantine Art

October 1, 2004

By Annie Montgomery Labatt

Fresco painting from the later Byzantine period reveals much about the mobility of artistic techniques and styles.
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editorial

Six-Winged Angels and Other Christian Imagery in Arts from the Ottoman Empire

October 6, 2015

By Courtney A. Stewart

Senior Research Assistant Courtney A. Stewart explores the use of Christian iconography in a selection of artworks currently on view in Liturgical Textiles of the Post-Byzantine World.
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The Byzantine State under Justinian I (Justinian the Great)

October 1, 2001, revised April 1, 2009

By Sarah T. Brooks

Justinian drew upon administrators and counselors from outside the aristocratic class. His own modest origins, along with his selection of these court members, contributed to lasting tensions with the Byzantine nobility.
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Essay

Byzantine Art under Islam

October 1, 2004

By Charlotte Appleyard and Annie Montgomery Labatt

Mirroring the political climate, art became a medium of confrontation and cooperation between the two sides.
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Trade and Commercial Activity in the Byzantine and Early Islamic Middle East

May 1, 2012

By Elizabeth Williams

Luxurious silks, spices, incense, and the like counted among the Byzantine and early Islamic period’s most desired goods.
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Exhibition

Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt

Through January 10, 2027
Artists and artisans have been intrigued and inspired by the topic of death and visions of life thereafter for millennia. Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt brings together modern-day works that reckon with death and visualize the …
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Art

Icon with the Koimesis

Date: late 900s
Accession Number: 17.190.132

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Art

Processional Cross

Date: ca. 1000–1050
Accession Number: 1993.163

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Art

Plate with David Slaying a Lion

Date: 629–630
Accession Number: 17.190.394

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Art

Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frame

Date: ca. 1100
Accession Number: 17.190.674

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Art

The Attarouthi Treasure

Date: 500–650
Accession Number: 1986.3.1–.15

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Art

Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman with a Scroll

Date: late 4th–early 5th century
Accession Number: 66.25

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Art

The Antioch "Chalice"

Date: 500–550
Accession Number: 50.4

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Art

Reliquary Casket with the Deesis, Archangels, and the Twelve Apostles

Date: 950–1000
Accession Number: 17.190.238

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Art

Wing of an Ivory Triptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ

Date: 970–1030
Accession Number: 1980.294

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Art

Copper-Alloy Balance Weight with Figures in an Architectural Setting

Date: 5th–6th century
Accession Number: 2002.213.3