1. DAVID BATTLING GOLIATH One of the "David Plates," made in Constantinople. 629-630 CE. Silver, diameter 19 7/8" (49.4 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [Fig. 08-01]

2. THE LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE WORLD [Map 08-01]

3. Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus CHURCH OF HAGIA SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE Modern Istanbul. 532-537. View from the southwest. [Fig. 08-02]

4. PLAN (A) AND ISOMETRIC DRAWING (B) OF THE CHURCH OF HAGIA SOPHIA [Fig. 08-03a]

5. PLAN (A) AND ISOMETRIC DRAWING (B) OF THE CHURCH OF HAGIA SOPHIA [Fig. 08-03b]

6. INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF HAGIA SOPHIA [Fig. 08-04]

7. ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE: Pendentives and Squinches

9. PLAN (A) AND CUTAWAY DRAWING (B) OF THE CHURCH OF SAN VITALE, RAVENNA Under construction from c. 520; consecrated 547. [Fig. 08-05]

10. CHURCH OF SAN VITALE View into the sanctuary toward the northeast. c. 547. [Fig. 08-06]

11. CHRIST ENTHRONED, FLANKED BY ANGELS, ST. VITALIS, AND BISHOP ECCLESIUS Church of San Vitale, Ravenna. c. 547. Mosaic. [Fig. 08-07]

12. EMPEROR JUSTINIAN AND HIS ATTENDANTS, NORTH WALL OF THE APSE Church of San Vitale, Ravenna. Consecrated 547. Mosaic, 8'8" × 12' (2.64 × 3.65 m). [Fig. 08-08]

13. EMPRESS THEODORA AND HER ATTENDANTS, SOUTH WALL OF THE APSE Church of San Vitale, Ravenna. Consecrated 547. Mosaic, 8'8" × 12' (2.64 × 3.65 m). [Fig. 08-09]

14. THE MONASTERY OF St. CATHERINE, SINAI Mount Sinai, Egypt. Fortifications and church constructed under the patronage of Emperor Justinian, c. 548-566. [Fig. 08-10]

15. THE TRANSFIGURATION OF CHRIST Apse mosaic in the church of the Virgin, monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt. c. 565. [Fig. 08-11]

16. ARCHANGEL MICHAEL Panel of a diptych, probably from the court workshop at Constantinople. Early 6th century. Ivory, 17" × 5-1/2" (43.3 × 14 cm). British Museum, London. [Fig. 08-12]

17. REBECCA AT THE WELL Page from a codex featuring the book of Genesis (known as the Vienna Genesis). Made in Syria or Palestine. Early 6th century. Tempera, gold, and silver paint on purple-dyed vellum, 13-1/2" × 9-7/8" (33.7 × 25 cm). Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. [Fig. 08-13]

18. VIRGIN AND CHILD WITH SAINTS AND ANGELS Icon. Second half of the 6th century. Encaustic on wood, 27" × 18-7/8" (69 × 48 cm). Monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt. [Fig. 08-14]

19. CRUCIFIXION AND ICONOCLASTS From the Chludov Psalter. Mid 9th century. Tempera on vellum, 7-3/4" × 6" (19.5 × 15 cm). State Historical Museum, Moscow. MS. D. 29, fol. 67v. [Fig. 08-15]

20. VIRGIN AND CHILD in THE APSE OF HAGIA SOPHIA Constantinople (Istanbul). Dedicated in 867. Mosaic. [Fig. 08-16]

21. MONASTERY CHURCHES AT HOSIOS LOUKAS, Stiris Central Greece. Katholikon (left), early 11th century, and church of the Theotokos, late 10th century. View from the east. [Fig. 08-17]

22. PLAN OF THE MONASTERY AT HOSIOS LOUKAS Including the two churches in FIG. 8-17: Katholikon at lower right, church of the Theotokos at upper left. [Fig. 08-18]

23. CENTRAL DOMED SPACE AND APSE (THE NAOS), KATHOLIKON Monastery of Hosios Loukas. Early 11th century and later. [Fig. 08-19]

24. INTERIOR, CATHEDRAL OF SANTA SOPHIA, KIEV 1037-1046. Apse mosaics: Orant Virgin and Communion of the Apostles. [Fig. 08-20]

25. CHRIST PANTOKRATOR WITH SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST Central dome and squinches, Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece. c. 1100. Mosaic. [Fig. 08-21]

26. CRUCIFIXION Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece. c. 1100. Mosaic. [Fig. 08-22]

27. LAMENTATION WITH STANDING MONASTIC SAINTS BELOW North wall of the church of the monastery of St. Panteleimon, Nerezi (near Skopje), Macedonia. 1164. Fresco. [Fig. 08-23]

28. INTERIOR (A) AND PLAN (B) OF THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. MARK Venice. Begun 1063. View looking toward apse. [Fig. 08-24a]

29. INTERIOR (A) AND PLAN (B) OF THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. MARK Venice. Begun 1063. View looking toward apse. [Fig. 08-24b]

30. FRONT (A) AND BACK (B) OF THE HARBAVILLE TRIPTYCH From Constantinople. Mid 10th century. Ivory, closed 9-1/2" × 5-5/8" (24.2 × 14.3 cm); open 9-1/2" × 11" (24.2 × 28 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris. [Fig. 08-25a]

31. FRONT (A) AND BACK (B) OF THE HARBAVILLE TRIPTYCH From Constantinople. Mid 10th century. Ivory, closed 9-1/2" × 5-5/8" (24.2 × 14.3 cm); open 9-1/2" × 11" (24.2 × 28 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris. [Fig. 08-25b]

32. CHRIST CROWNING EMPEROR ROMANOS II AND EMPRESS EUDOKIA From Constantinople. 945-949. Ivory, 7-3/8" × 3-3/4" (18.6 × 9.5 cm). Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris. [Fig. 08-26]

33. DAVID COMPOSING THE PSALMS Page from the Paris Psalter. Constantinople. c. 950. Paint and gold on vellum, sheet size 14-1/2" × 10-1/2" (37 × 26.5 cm). Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris. [Fig. 08-27]

34. A CLOSER LOOK: Icon of St. Michael the Archangel Made in Constantinople. 12th century. Silver-gilt on wood, cloisonné enamels, gemstones. 18-1/8" × 13-3/4" (46 × 35 cm). Treasury of the Cathedral of St. Mark, Venice.

35. VIRGIN OF VLADIMIR Probably from Constantinople. Faces, 12th century; the figures have been retouched. Tempera on panel, height approx. 31" (78 cm). Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. [Fig. 08-28]

36. PLAN OF THE MONASTERY CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHORA, CONSTANTINOPLE Modern Istanbul. (Present-day Kariye Müzesi.) Original construction 1077-1081; expanded and refurbished c. 1315-1321. [Fig. 08-29]

37. MOSAICS IN THE VAULTING OF THE INNER NARTHEX Church of Christ in Chora. (Present-day Kariye Müzesi.) c. 1315-1321. [Fig. 08-30]

38. ANASTASIS Apse of the funerary chapel, church of the monastery of Christ in Chora. c. 1321. Fresco. [Fig. 08-31]

39. FUNERARY CHAPEL (PAREKKLESION) Church of the monastery of Christ in Chora. (Present-day Kariye Müzesi.) c. 1315-1321. [Fig. 08-32]

40. THE INFANT VIRGIN MARY CARESSED BY HER PARENTS JOACHIM AND ANNA Inner narthex, church of Christ in Chora. (Present-day Kariye Müzesi.) c. 1315-1321. Mosaic. [Fig. 08-33]

41. ANNUNCIATION TO THE VIRGIN Sent from Constantinople to the church of the Virgin Peribleptos, Ohrid, Macedonia. Early 14th century. Tempera on panel, 36-5/8" × 26-3/4" (93 × 68 cm). Icon Gallery, Ohrid, Macedonia. [Fig. 08-34]

42. Andrey Rublyov THE HOSPITALITY OF ABRAHAM Icon. c. 1410-1425. Tempera on panel, 55-1/2" × 44-1/2" (141 × 113 cm). Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow. [Fig. 08-35]