CONTENT AREA 3.1

Greek Chapel - Catacomb of Priscilla. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200-400 CE. Excavated tufa and fresco.

Orant fresco - Catacomb of Priscilla. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200-400 CE. Excavated tufa and fresco.

Good Shepherd fresco - Catacomb of Priscilla. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200-400 CE. Excavated tufa and fresco.

Santa Sabina. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 422-432 CE. Brick and stone, wooden roof.

Santa Sabina. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 422-432 CE. Brick and stone, wooden roof.

Plan - Santa Sabina. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 422-432 CE. Brick and stone, wooden roof.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well - from the Vienna Genesis. Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century CE. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum).

Jacob Wrestling the Angel - from the Vienna Genesis. Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century CE. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum).

San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526-547 CE. Brick, marble, stone veneer.

San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526-547 CE. Brick, marble, stone veneer, mosaic.

Justinian panel - San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526-547 CE. Mosaic.

Theodora panel - San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526-547 CE. Mosaic.

Plan - San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526-547 CE.

Hagia Sophia. Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532-537 CE. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.

Hagia Sophia. Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532-537 CE. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.

Plan - Hagia Sophia. Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532-537 CE.

Merovingian looped fibulae. Early medieval Europe. Mid-sixth century CE. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones.

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George. Early Byzantine Europe. Sixth or early seventh century CE. Encaustic on wood.

St. Matthew, cross-carpet page - Lindisfarne Gospels. Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe. c. 700 CE. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).

St. Luke portrait page - Lindisfarne Gospels. Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe. c. 700 CE. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).

St. Luke incipit page - Lindisfarne Gospels. Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe. c. 700 CE. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).

Great Mosque. Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad. Begun c. 785-786 CE. Stone masonry.

Great Mosque. Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad. Begun c. 785-786 CE. Stone masonry.

Detail - Great Mosque. Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad. Begun c. 785-786 CE. Stone masonry.

Great Mosque arches - Great Mosque. Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad. Begun c. 785-786 CE. Stone masonry.

Plan - Great Mosque. Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad. Begun c. 785-786 CE. Stone masonry.

Pyxis of al-Mughira. Umayyad. c. 968 CE. Ivory.

Church of Sainte-Foy. Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. c. 1050-1130 CE. Stone.

The Last Judgement - Church of Sainte-Foy. Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. c. 1050-1130 CE. Stone and paint.

Church of Sainte-Foy. Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. c. 1050-1130 CE. Stone.

Reliquary of Sainte-Foy - Church of Sainte-Foy. Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. c. 1050-1130 CE. Gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood.

Calvary attack - Bayeux Tapestry. Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). c. 1066-1080 CE. Embroidery on linen.

First meal - Bayeux Tapestry. Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). c. 1066-1080 CE. Embroidery on linen.

Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France - Bibles moralisées. Gothic Europe. c. 1225-1245 CE. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum).

Scenes from the Apocalypse - Bibles moralisées. Gothic Europe. c. 1225-1245 CE. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum).