Christianity

Relief of an archangel

Sai Island, Church

Poreč, Euphrasian Basilica

Capitals

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

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, the two floors

Mushabbak, church façade

Buthrotum, Basilica

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Byzantine church, Apse

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Apsis

Tipasa, Basilica

Gerasa, Cathedal, Entrance

Kom Abu Billu, Coptic funerary stela

Bawit, Coptic church, Model

Trier, Tombstone of Ursicinus

Apollonia, East basilica

The Council of Ephesus (431)

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Narthex

Thessaloniki, Agora, Wall painting with Sts Cosmas and Damianus

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

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

Phoenix on a Coptic relief

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Nave

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Mosaic, Detail (lion, fish, octopus)

Khor Virap, Cell of Gregory the Illuminator

Lepcis Magna, Christian tombstone

Antioch, Cave of Saint Peter (altar)

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Mosaic, Detail

Kourion, Basilica

Taucheira, East Basilica

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Theodosian capitals

Nisibis, Church, right nave, windows

Tarsus, Church (converted to a mosque)

Nazareth, "Cave of the Annunciation"

Salona, Sarcophagus of Julia Aurelia Hilaria

Suq al-Awty, Church, Arches

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Narthex

Byllis, Episcopal Palace

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Sarcophagus

Ravenna, San Vitale, Apse, Mosaic of Christ

Lambousa Treasure, Wedding of David and Michal

Egypt, Byzantine decorated tile, St. Lawrence

Beirut, Byzantine church floor

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Mosaic

Milan, St Ambrogio, Mosaic of Saint Ambrose

Patara, Basilica

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Splendid Gate

Boffalora d'Adda, Langobard tomb, Cross

Bodrum, Representation of Saint Nicholas

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, General view

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Nave, Capital

Tiddis, Christian chapel

Coptic Amulet, written on parchment

Apollonia, Western basilica, Pavement

The First Council of Constantinople (381)

Nisibis, Church, central nave

Fayyum, Coptic text of Isaiah

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Capital

Anemurium, Remains of a Byzantine church

Faqra, Temple of Atargatis and Byzantine church

Orontes, Source, Monastery

Apollonia,Central basilica, Columns

Constantinople, Church of Divine Peace

Bawit, Icon of Christ and St.Menas

Qasr Libya, West Church, apse

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, stairs

Syracuse, Temple of Athena converted to church

Qasr Libya, East Church, looking to the apse

Suq al-Awty, Church

Sufetula, Church of Vitalis

Apollonia, East basilica

Sufetula, Church of Vitalis, Baptistery

Syracuse, Temple of Athena, Nave

Lejjun, Byzantine church

The First Council of Nicaea (325)

Chimaera, Byzantine church

Resafa, Basilica B

Amsterdam, Old Church, interior

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

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Byzantine church, Mosaic

Sardes, Christian sarcophagus

Kiti, Panagia Angeloktisti church

Apollonia, East basilica, Capital

Taucheira, East Basilica, Mosaic

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

Palmyra, Temple of Ba'al, Christian wall painting

Apollonia, Western basilica, Columns

Buthrotum, Basilica

Phoenix on a Coptic tombstone

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Wall

Tigranocerta, Southern Church

Antinoopolis, Coptic textile, Praying man with candelaber and ankh

Worms, Cathedral, Relic holder with bones of St Nicholas

Gerasa, Church of St. John (1)

Ravenna, San Vitale, Exterior

Byzantine funerary stele from Egypt

Tigranocerta, Baptistery

Papyrus with the text of the Creed

Petra, Byzantine church, General view

Byllis, Basilica C

Nisibis, Church, left nave (demolished)

Thebes, Sahidic ostracon

Resafa, Cathedral, Apse

Poreč, First Basilica, Mosaic

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

Sabratha, Christian inscription

Nea Anchialos, Christian basilica

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

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Baptismal font

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

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

Church from the west

Ptolemais, Church, Map

Beirut, Medal of St. Catharine

Qasr Libya, West Church, mosaic

Maastricht, St.Servaas, Christian tombstone

Resafa, Basilica A, Capital

Tigranocerta, Church Capital

Resafa, Cathedral, Decoration

Philadelphia, Citadel, Byzantine Church

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Circular mosaic

Sirmium, Tombstone of the Christians Peter and Victorinianus

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

Sardes, Byzantine shops, Fountain

Resafa, Cathedral

Curved capital (Monastery of St Simeon)

Fayyum, Coptic chalice

Amphipolis, Basilica D

Rome, Lateran, Capella Sancta Sanctorum, Fresco of Augustine

Ailana, Roman church

Taucheira, East Basilica, Columns

Sagalassus, Christian oil lamp

Coptic Bible Manuscript (Gospel of John and Psalms)

Miletus, Theater, Christian invocation of the archangels

Apollonia, Western basilica

Viminacium, Christian tomb with a hunting scene, Peacocks.

Nisibis, Church, Apse and altar

Resafa, Basilica A, Repairs

Buthrotum, Basilica

Adoration of the Magi

Ravenna, San Michele, Apse, Mosaic

Coptic Relief of St.George

Kalabsha, Coptic tombstone of Manna

Apollonia,Central basilica, Apse

Madauros, Christian tombstone

Tongeren, Basilica, Apse

Nisibis, Church, right nave, decoration

Sufetula, Church of Bellator

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

Tigranocerta, Churches

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, entrance

Sétif, Basilica B, Mosaic of Adeodatus

Dadivank, Wall painting of Saint Nicholas

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Mosaic

Byllis, Basilica A, Parapet

Trier, Tombstone of a boy named Florus

Sétif, Basilica A, Mosaic of Cresconia

Coptic Textile with the Story of Joseph

Madaba Map, Bethlehem

Viminacium, Tomb of the Mona Lisa, Peacock

Isthmia, Fragment of a Christian Inscription

Cherchell, Christian tombstone of Vitula

Athens, Ilissos Basilica, Relief of the Nativity

Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Mosaic of St Lawrence

Byblos, Byzantine Church

Hippo Regius, Baptistery

Resafa, Cathedral, Narthex

Rifnik, Byzantine church

Poreč, First Basilica, Pavement

Suq al-Awty, Church

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Mosaic, Detail, Bird

Olympia, Workshop of Phidias (Byzantine church)

Suq al-Awty, Church, Nave

Sagalassus, Byzantine Church

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Exterior

Capernaum, "House of Peter"

Nisibis, Church, capital

Lintel of the church entrance

Hadrumetum, Catacomb of Severus, Funerary Mosaic of Bigulantius

Trapezus, Hagia Sophia

Nave

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Interior

Timgad, Christian mosaic

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Greek inscription

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, General view

Suq al-Awty, Church pillar

Narbo, Le Clos de la Lombarde, Baptistery

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

Apollonia, Western basilica

Bonn, Tombstone of Ursicinus

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

Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Interior

Amathus, Christian basilica

Tyre, City, Crusader Church

Apollonia, East basilica, Mosaics

Seagulls above Apollonia's central basilica

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Tomb

Tongeren, Byzantine ivory of Saint Paul

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

Lepcis, Severan Basilica, Pulpit

Luxor, Temple of Montu, Coptic relief with ankh

Kaunos, Byzantine church

Hadrumetum, Catacomb of the Good Shepherd, Good Shepherd

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Circular mosaic

Church from the south

Qasr Libya, East Church, Atrium

Nesactium, South Basilica

Thessaloniki, Church of the Acheiropoietos, Interior

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Theodosian capital

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

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, Pulpit

Apollonia, East basilica

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Apse and mihrab

Salona, Episcopal Complex, Basilica, Narthex

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Decoration

Ravenna, San Vitale, Mosaic of two angels

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

Tiddis, Square Baptistery

Sétif, Christian tombstone of Constantius

John the Baptist (fourteenth century)

Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Dome

Apollonia,Central basilica, baptistery

Thessaloniki, Church of the Acheiropoietos, Mosaic

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Map

Apollonia,Central basilica

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Entrance

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

Tiddis, Christian chapel, Tombs

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, general view

Constantinople, Ivory with the translation of relics

Trier, Frankish tombstone with christogram

Ságvár, Bronze casket fitting with the Apostles

Byzantine reliquary with Daniel in the lion's den

Ptolemais, Church, Mosaic of an angel

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, apse

Gadara, Byzantine Church

Viminacium, Tomb of the Mona Lisa, Peacock

Ptolemais, Church

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

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Exterior

Dura Europos, Church

Bosra, Cathedral

Achmim, Funerary stela of Pamim

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

Tiddis, Sherd with the execution of a Christian

The Third Council of Constantinople (680)

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Water reservoir

Xanthus, Colonnaded Street, Church, Mosaic

Tiddis, Round Baptistery

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Exterior

Christian tombstone from Carthage (EDCS-17701003)

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, Nave

Ostia, Epitaph of Monnica

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Mosaic of Christ

Viminacium, Christian tomb with a hunting scene, Christogram.

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Decoration

Amida, Harput Gate, Cross

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

Cyrrhus,South wall, Christian inscription

Viminacium, Tomb of the Mona Lisa, Man

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Greek inscription

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Interior

Madauros, Christian basilica C

Thessaloniki, Church of St Demetrius, Interior

Priene, Episcopal Church

Cairo, "Hanging Church"

Kiti, Panagia Angeloktisti church, Narthex

Nesebar, Byzantine church

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Apse

Sufetula, Byzantine mosaic

Old Church, Amsterdam

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Nave

Madauros, Tombstone of bishop Placentinus

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

Trier, Dom, Roman basilica (model)

Soumela, Wall paintings: St Nicholas striking his opponent

Garni, Church

Tipasa, Christian mosaic

The Council of Chalcedon (451)

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

Palmyra, Church

Hadrumetum, Tombstone of Iorticius

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Apse

Antioch, Cave of Saint Peter (façade)

Suq al-Awty, Church, Arches

Ravenna, Orthodox Baptistery, Exterior

Jerusalem, Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, from the southwest

The Second Council of Constantinople (553)

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church

Constantinople, Monastery of St John of Studius

Nisibis, Church, right nave, decoration

Novae, Byzantine basilica

Nisibis, Church, left nave, interior

Amphipolis, Basilica C

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Apse

Tipasa, Martyrium

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

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

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Mosaic

Nisibis, Church, Tomb of Mar Yacob

Qasr Libya, West Church, decoration

Furnos Minus, Christian funerary mosaic

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

Nijmegen, Agraphe with christogram

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Circular mosaic

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

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

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Narthex, Imperial gate

Resafa, Basilica A, Cross

Xanthus, Colonnaded Street, Church

Poreč, Euphrasian Basilica, Apse

Kiti, Panagia Angeloktisti church, apse

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, Façade

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Capital

Hippo Regius, Basilica, General view

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, remains of the Theodosian church

Column in the East Basilica

Buthrotum, Baptistery

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

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

Philippi, Episcopal Palace

Sohag, White Monastery

Mellet, Aux trois arbres

Suq al-Awty, church graffiti

Nesactium, North Basilica

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Wall

Corinth, Tombstone of a Christian

Madauros, Christian basilica B

Paris, Notre-Dame, St Nicholas

Cyrrhus, Remains of a church (to the right)

Remagen, Tombstone of Meteriola

Myra, Church of the tomb of Saint Nicholas, Nave

Mactaris, Vandal Church

Machaerus, Byzantine reliquary

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Cross

Emporiae, Christian shrine

Priene, Agora, Byzantine church

Soumela, Wall paintings: the Council of Nicaea

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Arches

Nisibis, Church, left nave, interior

Coptic Annunciation: an angel with a herald's staff

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

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

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, capitals

Rome, S. Pietro, Sarcophagus with Christ as Lawgiver

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Map

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

Byzantine silk with St. Demetrius or St George

Suq al-Awty, Church decoration

Echmiadzin, Reliquary containing the arm of St John

Cappadocia, Rock church

Resafa, Basilica A, Nave

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Pectoral

Amphipolis, Basilica C, Goat-shaped capital

The Second Council of Nicaea (787)

Madauros, Inscription referring to a Christian soldier of III Augusta

Bosra, Episcopal Palace

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Apse

Seal of Photius

Faqra, Byzantine Church, nave

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Nave (2)

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Capitals

Apamea, Church, Mosaic of Adam and the Phoenix

Constantinople, Church of S. Polyeuctus

Tigranocerta, Southern Church