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