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Byzantine Art Project

150 artworks from the great traditions of Byzantine and Eastern Christian iconography, each paired with a doctrinal reflection. The corpus surfaces GLM's confessional shape case by case as the iconography requires it — read what the picture argues.

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Two-Sided Pendant with the Archangel Michael and Daniel in the Lions' DenAngels

Two-Sided Pendant with the Archangel Michael and Daniel in the Lions' Den

c. 1200 or later (Constantinople workshop; small portable devotional pendant)· Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photograph: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Open Access (Public Domain / CC0). The underlying c. 1200+ serpentine pendant is in the public domain. Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Hayford Peirce, 1987.
The Sign of JonahOT Typology

The Sign of Jonah

c. 280–300 AD· Pio Cristiano Museum
Photo by Sailko (2013). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). The underlying late-3rd-century relief is in the public domain.
The Vision of Christ in GloryOT Typology

The Vision of Christ in Glory

c. 425–450 (Theodosian / early Byzantine; the church was the katholikon of the Latomos Monastery)· Church of Hosios David (Latomos Monastery)
Photograph by Giovanni Dall'Orto (2024). Wikimedia Commons. The photographer permits use for any purpose with attribution. The underlying 5th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
Rebecca at the WellOT Typology

Rebecca at the Well

c. 6th century (early Byzantine luxury manuscript on purple-dyed parchment with silver-ink uncials; one of the oldest surviving illuminated biblical codices)· Austrian National Library
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; from the Yorck Project's *10,000 Masterworks of Painting*; faithful reproduction of a 6th-century manuscript folio). The underlying Vienna Genesis (Codex Vindobonensis Theol. gr. 31) is in the public domain.
Jacob Blessing Ephraim and ManassehOT Typology

Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh

c. 500–550 (early Byzantine luxury manuscript on purple-dyed parchment with silver-ink uncials)· Austrian National Library
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 6th-century manuscript folio). The underlying Vienna Genesis is in the public domain.
Abel and Melchizedek at the AltarOT Typology

Abel and Melchizedek at the Altar

c. 547 (consecration of San Vitale under Bishop Maximian; Justinianic Ravenna)· Basilica of San Vitale
Photograph by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro (2016). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 6th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
The Sacrifice of IsaacOT Typology

The Sacrifice of Isaac

c. 547· Basilica of San Vitale
Photo by Petar Milošević (2015). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 6th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
Joseph and Potiphar's WifeOT Typology

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Late 6th century (Vienna Genesis / Codex Vindobonensis Theol. gr. 31; likely Antioch workshop; purple-vellum manuscript tradition)· Austrian National Library
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; The Yorck Project). The underlying late-6th-century manuscript page (Austrian National Library) is in the public domain.
The Crossing of the Red SeaOT Typology

The Crossing of the Red Sea

c. 850s (mid-9th century, post-843 iconodule polemical-and-liturgical illumination program)· State Historical Museum
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 9th-century manuscript folio published before 1931). The underlying Khludov Psalter (State Historical Museum, Moscow, MS D.129) is in the public domain.
David Composing the PsalmsOT Typology

David Composing the Psalms

c. 960 (Macedonian Renaissance, Constantinople workshop; one of the most famous Byzantine illuminated manuscripts)· Bibliothèque nationale de France
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 10th-century manuscript). The underlying Paris Psalter (BnF MS gr. 139) is in the public domain.
Moses and the Burning BushOT Typology

Moses and the Burning Bush

12th century· Saint Catherine's Monastery
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, scanned 2008). The underlying 12th-century icon (92 × 64 cm) is in the public domain.
Joseph Gathering CornOT Typology

Joseph Gathering Corn

c. 1275 (San Marco atrium / narthex Genesis-and-Joseph cycle; 13th-century Venetian-Byzantine mosaicists)· Basilica di San Marco
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 13th-century mosaic). The underlying San Marco mosaic is in the public domain.
Pammakaristos Parekklesion: Old Testament ProphetOT Typology

Pammakaristos Parekklesion: Old Testament Prophet

c. 1310 (early Palaiologan; the parekklesion was erected by Martha Glabas in memory of her husband Michael Doukas Glabas Tarchaneiotes, a general of Andronikos II Palaiologos; the mosaics survived the 1591 conversion to a mosque because they were plastered over)· Pammakaristos Parekklesion (Theotokos Pammakaristos / Fethiye Camii)
Photograph by Vmenkov (2010). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) and GNU Free Documentation License 1.2+. The underlying c. 1310 mosaic at the Pammakaristos parekklesion is in the public domain.
The Hospitality of AbrahamOT Typology

The Hospitality of Abraham

c. 1425–1427· State Tretyakov Gallery
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, Google Art Project file). The underlying 15th-century icon (141.5 × 114 cm, tempera on panel) is in the public domain.
The Three Hebrews in the Fiery FurnaceOT Typology

The Three Hebrews in the Fiery Furnace

c. 1550· Levantine icon (Lebanese / Syrian provenance)
Photograph by Michel Bakni (2020) via the Wikimedians of the Levant 'One Hundred Icon Project.' Wikimedia Commons. The underlying 16th-century icon is in the public domain.
The Lord SabaothPantocrator

The Lord Sabaoth

c. 1650 (Moscow tradition; preserved in Old Believer circles after the 1666–1667 Synod)· Russian Old Believer tradition (private collection
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a public-domain icon). The underlying mid-17th-century Russian icon (private collection, Old Believer provenance) is in the public domain.

150 artworks, photographs sourced primarily from Wikimedia Commons with eight from museum open-access programs (Met CC0, Walters PD/CC BY-SA, British Museum CC BY 2.5, Dumbarton Oaks CC0). Originals are public domain by age; photographs carry the licenses noted on each artwork. Click any card for full credit, license, and a link back to the source.

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