Jewish. Masada, the fortress of King Herod on the Dead Sea. Late first century CE .
Jewish. Model of the Second Temple of Jerusalem. 326-335 CE .
Early Christian. Cutaway drawing: the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, showing site of Christ’s Tomb (line drawing). ca. 300 CE .
Early Christian. The Good Shepherd . 359 CE . Height: 39".
Early Christian. Closer Look: The Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus.
Early Christian. Drawing: Traditional Christian Symbols (line drawing).
Map: The Spread of Christianity by 600 CE . ca. 305 CE .
Early Christian. Portrait group of the Tetrarchs. 312-315 CE . Height: 51".
Roman. Arch of Constantine (south side), Rome. ca. 130–138 CE .
Roman. Arch of Constantine: Hadrian Sacrificing to Apollo . Roundel imported from a monument to Hadrian (ca. 130–138 CE ) and reused over the left arch. ca. 130–138 CE .
Roman. Arch of Constantine: Constantine Addressing the People . ca. 315-330 CE . Height of panel: approx. 40".
Roman. Fragment of colossal portrait of Constantine the Great , from the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Rome. ca. 320-327 CE (Atrium added later 4th century). Height of bust: approx. 8-1/2'.
Early Christian. Reconstruction drawing of Old St. Peter’s, Rome. ca. 320-327 CE (Atrium added later 4th century).
Early Christian. Ground plan, Old St. Peter's, Rome. Begun 386 CE .
Early Christian. Interior of Saint Paul’s Outside the Walls, Rome, as shown in Gianbattista Piranesi's etching dated 1749. ca. 350 CE .
Early Christian. Interior of the Church of Santa Costanza, Rome. ca. 350 CE .
Early Christian. Ground plan, Church of Santa Costanza, Rome. ca. 350 CE .
Early Christian. Ambulatory vault mosaic, Church of Santa Costanza, Rome. Late fourth or early fifth century CE .
Greco-Eyptian. Isis Lactans , Isis giving the breast to the infant Horus, from Antinoe, Egypt. Early third century CE . Height: 35".
Mithraic. Mithraic relief.
Map: Early Byzantine and medieval Constantinople.
Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). 532-537 CE .
Map: The Byzantine Empire at the death of Justinian in 565 and in 1025.
Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus. Interior, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). 532-537 CE .
Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus. Ground plan, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). 532-537 CE .
Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus. Vertical cross-section, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). 532-537 CE .
Byzantine. St. Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai. ca. 548–65 CE .
Byzantine. Transfiguration of Christ , Church of the Virgin, St. Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai. ca. 548–65 CE .
Byzantine. Nave, Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, looking east, Ravenna. ca. 500 CE and later.
Byzantine. The Healing of the Blind , wall mosaic, Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. ca. 500 CE .
Byzantine. Exterior, San Vitale, Ravenna. Dedicated 547 CE .
Byzantine. Ground plan, San Vitale, Ravenna. Dedicated 547 CE .
Byzantine. Emperor Justinian with Maximian, Clergy, Courtiers, and Soldiers . Wall mosaics, San Vitale, Ravenna. ca. 547 CE .
Byzantine. Empress Theodora with Courtiers and Ladies of Her Court . Wall mosaics, San Vitale, Ravenna. ca. 547 CE .
Byzantine. The Three Varieties of Music , frontispiece to Magnus liber organi F. (probably from Paris). Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. Laur. Plut. 29.1, c. 1v. ca. 1245–55.
Byzantine. Theotokos and Child with Saint Theodore and Saint George . Sixth century.
Byzantine. The Crucifixion and Iconoclasts , Chludov Psalter , folio 67r. ca. 850-75. 7-3/4" × 6".
Byzantine. Crucifixion , mosaic in the north arm of the east wall, Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece. Late eleventh century.
Byzantine. Theotokos and Child with Justinian and Constantine , vestibule mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. Early tenth century.
Byzantine. St. Mark's Cathedral, Venice, west facade. 1063-1094, with later additions.
