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The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and Orants, Rome, Italy, 4thcen., Late Antiquity

Mausoleum of GallaPlacidia,Ravenna, Italy, 425 (5thcentury), Late Antiquity

Rebecca and Eliezerat the Well,from Vienna Genesis, 6thcentury, Late Antiquity

Anthemiusof Trallesand Isidorusof Miletus, HagiaSophia, Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), Turkey, 532-537 (6thcentury), Early Byzantine

San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 526-547 (6thcentury), Early Byzantine

Justinian, Bishop Maximianus, and Attendants, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 547 (6thcentury), Early Byzantine

Interior of Saint Mark’s, Venice, Italy, begun 1063 (11thcentury),, Middle Byzantine

Virgin and Child Between Saints Theodore and George, 6thcentury,

Pantokrator, Theotokosand Child, Angels, and Saints,from Cathedral at Monreale(Sicily, Italy), 1180 (12thcentury), Middle Byzantine

Christ as Savior of Souls, 14thcentury,, Late Byzantine

PurseCover,from Sutton Hooship burial, 625 (7thcentury), Early Medieval

Animal-head post, from Viking ship burial, 834 (9thcentury), Early Medieval

carpet page,from LindisfarneGospels, 698-721 (7th-8thcentury), Early Medieval

Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne, 9thcentury, Carolingian art

Westwork of the Abbey churchat Corvey, Germany, 873-885 (9thcentury), Carolingian

Interior of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany, 792-805(8th-9thcentury), Carolingian

Otto III Enthroned, 11thcentury, Ottonianart

subterranean networks of rock-cut galleries and chambers used as cemeteries for the Christian dead

Old Testament figures that are prophetic of Jesus and events in New Testament

originated in Roman architecture and used as a public building for legal and other civic proceedings; was then incorporated in Christian architecture as a church that somewhat resembled the structure of its Roman counterpart. Both are rectangular in shape.
-timber roof ceiling; common material for Early Christian churches

cross shaped structure

central aisle of a Roman or Christian basilica

an alcove, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building, commonly found in a church and frames the altar.

windows that form the nave’s uppermost level below the timber ceiling or the vault.
-allow light to pierce through the basilica
-would have illuminated the mosaics and frescoes on the walls

halo around holy figure to signify divinity

concave, triangular sections that provide transition from square area to circular base of dome; essentially, they are support system for the dome -allow for windows at base; -creates impression that dome is suspended, not supported

portrait or image of a sacred figure that serve as objects of worship

destruction of religious or sacred images. Destroyers of image are referred to as iconoclast

lovers/supports of religious images

Greek for “she who bore God”; Virgin Mary

Greek for “ruler of all”. Image that depicts Christ as ruler and judge of heaven and earth.

Greek for “icon stand”; high screen or wall with tiers of icons.

decorative metalwork technique that using metal strips that are then filled with semiprecious stones or colored glass.

Example: Purse Cover from Sutton Hoo