Christianity

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Mosaic of Christ

Sagalassus, Byzantine Church

Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Mosaic of the Good Shepherd

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, apse

Cherchell, Christian tombstone of Vitula

Boffalora d'Adda, Langobard tomb, Cross

Buthrotum, Baptistery

Anemurium, Remains of a Byzantine church

Antioch, Cave of Saint Peter (façade)

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Greek inscription

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Apse

Philippi, Episcopal Palace

Ptolemais, Church

Ptolemais, Church, Map

Nijmegen, Agraphe with christogram

Machaerus, Byzantine reliquary

Gerasa, Church of St. John (1)

Apollonia,Central basilica, Apse

Byllis, Basilica A, Parapet

St Nicholas on an icon in the church of St Demetrius, Thessaloniki

Sabratha, Christian inscription

Sétif, Basilica B, Mosaic of Adeodatus

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Nave

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Interior

The Council of Chalcedon (451)

The Council of Ephesus (431)

Patara, Basilica

Constantinople, Monastery of St John of Studius

Byzantine reliquary with Daniel in the lion's den

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Wall

Sardes, Byzantine shops, Fountain

Thessaloniki, Church of the Acheiropoietos, Interior

Ravenna, San Vitale, Exterior

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, capitals

Orontes, Source, Monastery

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Apse with "Vision of Constantine"

Cyrrhus, Remains of a church (to the right)

Tiddis, Round Baptistery

Tipasa, Martyrium

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, Façade

Curved capital (Monastery of St Simeon)

Nazareth, "Cave of the Annunciation"

Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Dome

Taucheira, East Basilica

Ptolemais, Church, Mosaic of an angel

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Capital

Nave

Novae, Byzantine basilica

Tigranocerta, Southern Church

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Map

The Second Council of Constantinople (553)

Lejjun, Byzantine church

Achmim, Funerary stela of Pamim

Rifnik, Byzantine church

Suq al-Awty, Church, Arches

Viminacium, Christian tomb with a hunting scene, Hunter chased by lion

Nisibis, Church, Tomb of Mar Yacob

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Wall painting

Sardes, Christian sarcophagus

Ravenna, San Vitale, Apse, Mosaic of Christ

Ravenna, Orthodox Baptistery, Exterior

Tarsus, Church (converted to a mosque)

Trapezus, Hagia Sophia

Faqra, Temple of Atargatis and Byzantine church

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Apse

Syracuse, Temple of Athena converted to church

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Narthex, Imperial gate

Viminacium, Christian tomb with a hunting scene, Hunter and dog

Apollonia, East basilica

Nesebar, Byzantine church

Cappadocia, Rock church

Suq al-Awty, Church

Maastricht, St.Servaas, Christian tombstone

Constantinople, Church of Divine Peace

Jerusalem, Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Drawing by De Bruijn

Antioch, Cave of Saint Peter (altar)

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Water reservoir

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Theodosian capital

Capernaum, "House of Peter"

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Decoration

Sétif, Basilica A, Mosaic of Cresconia

Beirut, marble fragment with the Aqedah (the sacrifice of Abraham)

Resafa, Cathedral, Narthex

Apollonia, East basilica

Mactaris, Vandal Church

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Apse and mihrab

Phoenix on a Coptic tombstone

Egypt, Byzantine decorated tile, St. Lawrence

Suq al-Awty, Church, Arches

Buthrotum, Basilica

Amsterdam, Old Church, interior

Kourion, Basilica

Rome, Lateran, Capella Sancta Sanctorum, Fresco of Augustine

Bawit, Icon of Christ and St.Menas

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Mosaic

Faqra, Byzantine Church, nave

Emporiae, Christian shrine

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, Nave

Paris, Notre-Dame, St Nicholas

Palmyra, Temple of Ba'al, Christian wall painting

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Columns on the first floor

Soumela, Wall paintings: St Nicholas striking his opponent

Tongeren, Byzantine ivory of Saint Paul

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Wall

Thessaloniki, Church of the Acheiropoietos, Mosaic

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Mosaic, Detail, Bird

Bosra, Cathedral

Tiddis, Sherd with the execution of a Christian

Apollonia, East basilica, Mosaics

Viminacium, Tomb of the Mona Lisa, Portrait of a woman

Tipasa, Christian mosaic

Trier, Tombstone of Ursicinus

Poreč, Euphrasian Basilica, Apse

Kalabsha, Coptic tombstone of Manna

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Nave, Capital

Coptic Pilgrim's Bottle of St.Menas with a text

Sufetula, Church of Vitalis

Hippo Regius, Basilica, General view

Coptic Relief of St.George

Resafa, Basilica A, Capital

Sohag, White Monastery

Coptic-Gnostic Texts: Wisdom of Christ, Acts of Peter, Apocryphon of John, Apocryhon of Mary

Constantinople, Church of S. Polyeuctus

Coptic Bible Manuscript (Gospel of John and Psalms)

The First Council of Nicaea (325)

Tiddis, Christian chapel

Apollonia, Western basilica

Apollonia,Central basilica, baptistery

Constantinople, Ivory with the translation of relics

Ságvár, Bronze casket fitting with the Apostles

Qasr Libya, East Church, Atrium

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Baptismal font

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Exterior

Amphipolis, Basilica D

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, remains of the Theodosian church

Dadivank, Wall painting of Saint Nicholas

Madauros, Christian tombstone

Gerasa, Church of St Elias, Byzantine Mosaic of a Bird

Lintel of the church entrance

Capitals

Coptic Pilgrim's Bottle of St.Menas with two dromedaries

Suq al-Awty, Church decoration

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Theodosian capitals

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Circular mosaic

Coptic Annunciation: an angel with a herald's staff

The Third Council of Constantinople (680)

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, entrance

Qasr Libya, East Church, looking to the apse

Coptic Pilgrim's Bottle of St.Menas with two dromedaries

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Circular mosaic

Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Mosaic of St Lawrence

The First Council of Constantinople (381)

Luxor, Temple of Montu, Coptic relief with ankh

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Capital

Adoration of the Magi

Sirmium, Tombstone of the Christians Peter and Victorinianus

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Arches

Priene, Episcopal Church

Seal of Photius

Amathus, Christian basilica

Lepcis, Severan Basilica, Pulpit

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Mosaic, Detail

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Mosaic

Ailana, Roman church

Suq al-Awty, Church, Nave

Ostia, Epitaph of Monnica

Ravenna, San Vitale, Mosaic of two angels

Chimaera, Byzantine church

Tipasa, Basilica

Philadelphia, Citadel, Byzantine Church

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Byzantine church, Apse

Viminacium, Christian tomb with a hunting scene, Christogram.

Khor Virap, Cell of Gregory the Illuminator

Trier, Frankish tombstone with christogram

Kiti, Panagia Angeloktisti church

Bosra, Episcopal Palace

Resafa, Cathedral

Xanthus, Colonnaded Street, Church

Viminacium, Tomb of the Mona Lisa, Peacock

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, general view

Seagulls above Apollonia's central basilica

Gadara, Byzantine Church

Nisibis, Church, right nave, decoration

Hadrumetum, Tombstone of Iorticius

Apollonia,Central basilica

Miletus, Theater, Christian invocation of the archangels

Paris, Notre-Dame, St. Genevieve. Saint Geneviève

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Narthex

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Map

Antinoopolis, Coptic textile, Praying man with candelaber and ankh

Tigranocerta, Baptistery

Byzantine silk with St. Demetrius or St George

Madauros, Tombstone of bishop Placentinus

Petra, Byzantine church, General view

Apollonia, Western basilica

Suq al-Awty, Church pillar

Tongeren, Pendant with chi-rho sign, probably made in Trier.

Sufetula, Church of Bellator

Byllis, Basilica C

Kom Abu Billu, Coptic funerary stela

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Nave (2)

Trier, Dom, Roman basilica (model)

Madauros, Christian basilica B

Apollonia, Western basilica, Columns

Sagalassus, Christian oil lamp

Echmiadzin, Reliquary containing the arm of St John

Resafa, Basilica A, Cross

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, Pulpit

Buthrotum, Basilica

Salona, Episcopal Complex, Basilica, Narthex

Byllis, Episcopal Palace

Beirut, Medal of St. Catharine

Church from the south

Qasr Libya, West Church, mosaic

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Bones, perhaps belonging to Nicholas of Myra

Apollonia, East basilica, Capital

Athens, Ilissos Basilica, Relief of the Nativity

Suq al-Awty, church graffiti

Isthmia, Fragment of a Christian Inscription

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, First floor, Wall of the Council

Syracuse, Temple of Athena, Nave

Nisibis, Church, left nave, interior

Coptic Amulet, written on parchment

John the Baptist (fourteenth century)

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Decoration

Trier, Tombstone of a boy named Florus

Sufetula, Byzantine mosaic

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Tomb

Bonn, Tombstone of Ursicinus

Timgad, Christian mosaic

Kaunos, Byzantine church

Lepcis Magna, Christian tombstone

Viminacium, Tomb of the Mona Lisa, Peacock

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, General view

Nesactium, North Basilica

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Mosaic of the Three Magi

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, General view

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Apse

Cairo, "Hanging Church"

The Second Council of Nicaea (787)

Resafa, Basilica B

Fayyum, Coptic text of Isaiah

Bawit, Coptic church, Model

Papyrus with the text of the Creed

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Byzantine church, Mosaic

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Baalbek, Temple of Jupiter, Great Court, Cella of Byzantine church

Xanthus, Colonnaded Street, Church, Mosaic

Sirmium, Sarcophagus of a couple; the woman is depicted with a dove, which may signify that she was a Christian

Madaba Map, Bethlehem

Ravenna, Orthodox Baptistery, Ceiling with mosaic of the baptism of Christ

Column in the East Basilica

Taucheira, East Basilica, Columns

Apollonia, East basilica

Ravenna, San Michele, Apse, Mosaic

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, First floor, Mosaic of a spider's web

Rome, Santa Costanza, Interior (the "Temple of Bacchus")

Sétif, Christian tombstone of Constantius

Thessaloniki, Church of St Demetrius, Interior

Coptic Pilgrim's Bottle of St.Menas with two dromedaries

Apollonia,Central basilica, Columns

Tigranocerta, Church Capital

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Sarcophagus

Fayyum, Coptic chalice

Nesactium, South Basilica

Resafa, Basilica A, Nave

Apollonia, Western basilica, Pavement

Nisibis, Church, left nave (demolished)

Resafa, Basilica A, Repairs

Tyre, City, Crusader Church

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Circular mosaic

Furnos Minus, Christian funerary mosaic

Nisibis, Church, right nave, decoration

Amphipolis, Basilica C

Gerasa, Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damianus (1)

Byblos, Byzantine Church

Nisibis, Church, right nave (demolished) and remains of a school

Nisibis, Church, Apse and altar

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Entrance

Relief of an archangel

Madauros, Inscription referring to a Christian soldier of III Augusta

Mushabbak, church façade

Byzantine funerary stele from Egypt

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church

Cyrrhus,South wall, Christian inscription

Mellet, Aux trois arbres

Salona, Sarcophagus of Julia Aurelia Hilaria

Buthrotum, Basilica

Taucheira, East Basilica, Mosaic

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Pectoral

Olympia, Workshop of Phidias (Byzantine church)

Milan, St Ambrogio, Mosaic of Saint Ambrose

Palmyra, Church

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Narthex

Worms, Cathedral, Relic holder with bones of St Nicholas

Soumela, Wall paintings: the Council of Nicaea

Christian tombstone from Carthage (EDCS-17701003)

Resafa, Cathedral, Apse

Tiddis, Christian chapel, Tombs

Thebes, Sahidic ostracon

The relation between Q and the gospel of Mark (up) as sources of Matthew and Luke (down).

Qasr Libya, West Church, decoration

Gerasa, Cathedal, Entrance

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Nave

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Exterior, Sinan's Support Wall

Beirut, Byzantine church floor

Kiti, Panagia Angeloktisti church, Narthex

Lambousa Treasure, Wedding of David and Michal

Thessaloniki, Agora, Wall painting with Sts Cosmas and Damianus

Tigranocerta, Churches

Amida, Harput Gate, Cross

Sai Island, Church

Tongeren, Basilica, Apse

Priene, Agora, Byzantine church

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Splendid Gate