Art History
400-1300 Medieval Era

Byzantine

  1. Medieval and Byzantine Art
  2. San Vitale
  3. Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, c. 533-49
  4. Hagia Sophia
  5. Ivory panel with Archangel
  6. Icon of Saint George (the "Black George")
  7. Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy

Ivory panel with Archangel Byzantine panel with archangel, Ivory leaf from diptych, c. 525-50, 16.8 x 5.6 x 0.35 in. (42.8 x 14.3 x 0.9 cm), probably from Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey), (British Museum, London) The British Museum translates the text at the top of the panel as: "Receive the suppliant before you, despite his sinfulness." Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker http://www.smarthistory.org/ivory-panel-with-archangel.html

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Ivory panel with Archangel

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