Vitale, 6th century AD, Ravenna, Italy. Reprinted by permission of Alfredo
Dagli Orti / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY.
2.1 An Ivory Diptych of Christ and the Virgin (mid–6th cent.). Christ with Codex,
Behind Him Saints Peter and Paul, and Mother of God. 546–556 CE. Panels
of an ivory diptych, from Constantinople. 29 x 13 cm. Inv. 564 and 565.
Photos: Juergen Liepe. Skulpturensammlung und Museum fuer Byzantinische
Kunst, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany. Reproduced by permission of
bpk, Berlin / Skulpturensammlung und Museum fuer Byzantinische Kunst /
Juergen Liepe / Art Resource, NY.
Seeing the Middle Ages: Panel from the consular diptych of Magnus. Flavius
Magnus, Roman Consul in 518, sitting on a lion-legged throne. Panel of the
diptych. Bibliotheque Nationale, Cabinet de Medailles, Paris. France.
Reproduced by permission of Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY.
2.2 Cross at Hagia Sophia (orig. mosaic 6th cent.; redone 768/769). Cross from
South Tympanum, Hagia Sophia. The Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
Photograph by Ernest Hawkins. Reproduced by permission.
2.3 Damascus Great Mosque Mosaic (706). Western portico, decoration detail.
Reproduced by permission of Andrea Jemolo.
2.4 Belt Buckle from Sutton Hoo (early 7th cent.). Gold belt buckle from the
ship-burial at Sutton Hoo. Anglo-Saxon, early 7th CE. From Mound 1, Sutton
Hoo, Suffolk, England (l. 13.2cm; w. 5.6cm; weight 412.7 grams). Inv. PY
1939.1010.1. Copyright © The Trustees of the British Museum / Art
Resource, NY.
2.5 Saint Luke, Lindisfarne Gospels (1st third of 8th cent.?). Cotton Nero D.IV
fol. 137v. Copyright © The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved.
2.6 Carpet Page, Lindisfarne Gospels (1st third of 8th cent.?). Cotton Nero D.IV
fol. 138v. Copyright © The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved.
2.7 First Text Page, Gospel of Saint Luke, Lindisfarne Gospels (1st third of 8th
cent.?). Cotton Nero D.IV fol. 139. Copyright © The British Library Board.
All Rights Reserved.
2.8 Franks Casket (1st half of 8th cent.). The Franks (Auzon) Casket. Anglo-
Saxon, ca. 700 CE. Whalebone, 22.9 x 19 x 10.9 cm. Inv. PY 1867.0120.1.
Copyright © The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY.
3.1 The Empress Eudocia and Her Sons, Homilies of Gregory Nazianzus
(c.880). Eudocie Ingerina et ses fils (879–882), fol. b. Reproduced by
permission of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
3.2 Ezekiel in the Valley of Dry Bones, Homilies of Gregory Nazianzus (c.880).
