Byzantine science was essentially classical science. Introduction Byzantine science played an important role in the transmission of classical knowledge to...
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These mosaics and frescoes are the result of patronage by a wealthy intellectual and high-ranking official. Introduction...
Wearable art in Byzantium communicated complex messages about social identity, religious beliefs, and concerns about physical and...
The manuscript was produced around 512 C.E. for the imperial princess Anicia Juliana in Constantinople. By Dr....
Making a grammar book was one of the principal tools of Byzantine scholars to preserve the correct...
The Byzantines began creating portable mosaic icons by setting small tesserae into wax or resin on wood...
The Byzantines also created art and architecture with no religious imagery and without explicit religious functions in...
Who were the players and what was this Controversy all about? Introduction The “Iconoclastic Controversy” over religious...
Christians initially disagreed over whether religious images were good or bad, resulting in the iconoclasm controversy. What...
Introducing the periods of Byzantine history, with attention to developments in art and architecture. From Rome to...
Constantinople had withstood many sieges and attacks over the centuries. Introduction The city of Constantinople (modern Istanbul)...
These images were sometimes augmented with texts that were used for protective or healing purposes. Introduction Christianity...
The rise of Turkish power in Anatolia eventually gave rise to the Ottoman Empire which rapidly conquered...
This great empire lay in two continents, Europe and Asia. It lasted from about 500 to 1453...
The reign of Justinian was an extremely significant period. It marked the final end of the Roman...
Peter the Hermit Preaching the First Crusade – From the Painting by James Archer / Wikimedia Commons...
Examining the view that the Orthodox Church stifled the development of East Slavic intellectual thought. By Dr....
Desecrated Christian icons in Turkey / Photo by Georges Jansoone JoJan, Göreme Valley Open Air Museum, Cappadocia,...
Procopius of Caesarea, Creative Commons It has been a subject of much debate what Procopius actually thought...
“She Who Points the Way.” Wall Fragment with the Virgin Mary and Coats of Arms, mid-1400s, made...
Statue of Constantine the Great in Yorkminster / Creative Commons Even had its Empire never existed, Byzantium...
Music has played a central role in Greek Orthodox services for centuries. Nicolas Bell describes the manuscript...
Byzantine Constantinople (modern Istanbul), c.1000 CE / Wikimedia Commons Surveying the many written sources for Byzantine history. By...
Sammelband of three books, edge shown with clasps / Science History Institute, Wikimedia Commons Ann Tomalak provides...
Jaharis Byzantine Lectionary / Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons The transition from parchment to paper as...
From Lucian of Samosata by Nicolas Perrot d’Ablancourt, 1697 Byzantine manuscripts were created by and for educated men both...
Seventh ecumenical council, Icon, 17th century, Novodevichy Convent, Moscow / Photo by shakko, Wikimedia Commons Byzantine scribes...
A 12-13th century CE illustrated manuscript depicting the 11th century CE Byzantine scholar and minister Michael Psellos and Byzantine emperor Michael...
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George, sixth or early seventh century, encaustic on wood,...
Hagia Sophia / Photo by Arild Vågen, Wikimedia Commons It wasn’t Europe that gave us our idea of...