High cross of Muiredach (east face), Monasterboice Ireland 923 Sandstone

Psalm 44, Utrecht, Psalter ca. 820-835

Aninal-head post, Oseberg, ca. 815-820

Longitudinal section and plan of the abbey church of Saint Michael's, Hildesheim Germany , 1001-1031

Cross-inscribed carpet page folio 26 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels from Northumbria, England, ca. 698-721 Tempera on vellum

Column, Saint Michael's Hildesheim ca. 1015-1022

Interior of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne (looking east), Aachen, Germany

Man (symbol of Saint Matthew),folio 21 verso of the book of Durrow possibly from Iona, Scotland, ca. 660-680. ink and tempera on parchement

Crucifix commissioned by Archbishop Gero Cologne Cathedral, Cologene, Germany ca. 970 Painted wood

Equestian portrait of Charlemagne or Charles the Bald, from Metz, France, ninth century. Bronze

Pyxis of al-Mughira, from Medina al-Zhara, near Cordoba, Spain 968 Ivory

Details of mosaics in the courtyard arcade of the Great Mosque, Damascus, Syria 706-715

Prayer hall of the Mezquita (Great Mosque), Cordoba, Spain 8th to 10th centuries

Mausoleum of the Samanids (lookimg west), Bukhara, Uzbekistan, early 10th century

Mihrab, from the Madrasa, Imami, Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1354. Glazed mosaic tilework,

Tughra of Suleyman the Magnificent ca. 1555-1560

Plan, Umayyad palace, Mshatta, ca. 740-750

Murqar as dome, Hall of the Albencerrajes, Palace of the Lions, Alhambra, Granada, Spain, 1354-1391

Dome of the Rock (looking east), Jerusalem, 687-692

Blue Koran, from Kairoaun, 9th to mid-10th century

Christ begore Pilate, Rossano Gospels, early sixth century

Theodora and attendants, mosaic on the south wall of the apse, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy ca. 547

Annunciation, reverse of two-sided icon from the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos, Ohrid, Macedonia, early 14th century. Tempera and linen wood. Icon Gallery of Saint Clement, Ohrid

Saint Apollinaris amid sheep, apse mosaic, Saint'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 533-549

Archangel Michael icon, Venice ca. 1100

Virgin (Thetokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George, icon, sixth or early seventh century. encaustic on wood, Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt

katholikon (looking northeast), monastery of Hosios Loukas, Distomo, Greece, first quarter of 11th century

Anthemius of Tralles and isidorus of miletus, ariel view of Hagia Sophia (looking north), Constantinople (Instanbul), Turkey 532-537

Old farmer of corycus folio 7 verson of the vatican vergil ca. 400-420 . Tempera on parchment

Christ as Sol Invictis, late third century

Crucifixion, Santa Sabina, Rome, ca. 432

Woman sacrificing at an altar, right leaft of th diptych of the Nicomachi and the Symmachi, ca. 400. Ivory

Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, mosaic from the top register of the nave wall. Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 504

Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes, mosaic from the top register of the nave wall. Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 504

Interior of Santa Sabina (looking northeast) Rome, Italy, 422-432

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, from Rome, Italy, ca.359. Marble

Restored curtway view of the Christian community house (looking southwest), Duran-Europos, Syria, ca. 240-256 (John Burge).

Christ seated ca. 350-375

Seated portrait of the Greek poet Menander, detail of a Fourth Style mural painting in exedra 23 of the Hpuse of the Menander Pompeii, ca 62-79 CE.

Mummy portrait of a priest of Separis, from Hawara, Egypt, ca. 140-160 CE. Encaustic wood

Apollodorus of Damascus, Markets of Trajan (looking northeast), Rome, Italy, ca. 100-112 CE.

Portrait bust of Livia, from Arsinoe, Egypt, early first century CE. Marble

Procession of the imperial family, details of the south frieze of the Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome, Italy, 13-9 BCE. Marble

Gradenscape, second style wall paintings, from the Villa of Livia, Primaporta, Italy, ca. 30-20 BCE. Fresco

Arch of Constantine (looking southwest), Rome, Italy, 312-315 CE.

Plan (left) and restored view (right) of the Temple of Venus, Baalbek, Lebanon, third century CE.

Al-Khazneh (Treasury), Petra, Jordan, second century CE.

Frigidarium, baths of Diocletian, Rome, Italy, ca. 298-306 (remodeled by Michelangelo Buonarroti)

Tomb of the Triclinium Tarquina, ca. 480-470 BCE

Chalchas examining liver, ca. 400-375 BCE.