Hagia Sophia
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus
Byzantine
532-537 CE
Brick, ceramic elements, stone, and mosaic veneer
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
San Vitale
Byzantine
526-547 CE
Brick, marble, stone veneer, mosaic
Ravenna, Italy
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
Byzantine
6th or early 7th c. CE
Encaustic on wood
Vienna Genesis
Byzantine
Early 6th c.
Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold and silver on purple vellum)
Merovingian looped fibulae
Early Medieval Europe (Merovingian)
Mid-6th century
Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones
Lindisfarne Gospels
Early medieval Europe (Hiberno Saxon)
700 CE
Illuminated manuscript (ink pigments, gold on vellum)
Great Mosque
Early Medieval (Umayyad) Europe / Islamic
Begun 785-786 CE
Stone masonry
Cordoba, Spain
Pyxis of al-ughira
Early Medieval (Umayyad) Europe / Islamic
968 CE
Ivory
Church of Sainte Foy
Romanesque Europe
1050-1139 CE
Stone
Conques, France
Bayeux Tapestry
Romanesque Europe (English or Norman)
1066-1080 CE
Embroidery on linen
Chartres Cathedral
Gothic Europe
Original construction: 1145-1155 CE / reconstructed 1194-1220 CE
Limestone, stained glass
Chartres, France
Bible Moralisée
Gothic Europe
1225-1245 CE
Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum)