Werner Forman Archive

BYZANTIUM

 

Architecture, art and artefacts illustrating the history and culture of Byzantium.

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Gold reliquary of Mary used as an amulet.

Constantinople, 11th C AD. Treasury of the Basilica of our Lady, Maastricht.

Gold solidus with portrait of Constantine the Great.

Nicodemia, 335 AD. Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham.

Illuminated manuscript of St Luke writing at his desk.

Byzantine, 12th C. National Library, Athens.

 

Muslims besieging Messina.

Scylitzes Chronicle, 9th-11th C. Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid.

Votive mosaic of Emperor Constantine IX Monomachus and Empress Zoe.

St. Sophia, Istanbul, 11th C.

Relief of St Simeon sitting on his column.

Byzantine, 5th-6th C, Fruhchristliche-Byzantinische Sammlung, Berlin.

 

The four embracing Roman emperors.

Venice, 4th C AD.

Domes of St. Mark's Cathedral.

Venice.

Hagia Sophia, interior view.

Istanbul, 6th C AD.

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