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late antiquity

Gardner's art through the ages pages 230-53

byzantine

Gardner's art through the ages pages 256-283

early medieval europe

Gardner's art through the ages pages 310-337

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Early Christian/Medieval

48. Catacomb of Priscilla

49. Santa Sabina

*Old St. Peter's

*Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Byzantine

51. San Vitale

52. Hagia Sophia

54. Theotokos Virgin & Child Between Saints 

Migratory & Early Northern Medieval

53. Merovingian Looped Fibulae

55. Lindisfarne Gospels

Vocabulary

Ambulatory               Apse                     Atruim

Basilica Plan             Catacomb            Central Plan

Clerestory                  Coffer                  Cubical

Gospels                      Loculi                  Lunette

Narthex                      Nave                    Orant Figure

Spoilia                       Transept              Cloisonne

Codex                         Fubula                 Gospels

Horror Vacui              Parchment/Vellum

Scriptorium               Zoomorphic         Cathedral

Chalice                       Iconoclast            Codex

Paten                          Continuous Narrative

Pendentive                 Eucharist            Genesis

Icon                             Squinch              Theotokos

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48. Catacomb of Priscilla. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200–400 C.E. Excavated tufa and fresco. 

49. Santa Sabina. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 422–432 C.E. Brick and stone, wooden roof. 

50. Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis. Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century C.E. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum). 

51. San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526–547 C.E. Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic. 

52. Hagia Sophia. Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532–537 C.E. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer. 

53. Merovingian looped fibulae. Early medieval Europe. Mid-sixth century C.E. Silver gilt worked in ligree, with inlays of garnets and other stones. 

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

55. Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page. Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe. c. 700 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum). 

Additional Images:

Old St. Peter's

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

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