Christianity

Madauros, Christian basilica B

Seal of Photius

Tiddis, Square Baptistery

Kiti, Panagia Angeloktisti church, Narthex

Salona, Episcopal Complex, Basilica, Narthex

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Wall

Ravenna, San Michele, Apse, Mosaic

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

Resafa, Cathedral

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Map

Thessaloniki, Agora, Wall painting with Sts Cosmas and Damianus

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Exterior

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Narthex

Byblos, Byzantine Church

Byzantine reliquary with Daniel in the lion's den

The Second Council of Constantinople (553)

Viminacium, Tomb of the Mona Lisa, Man

Coptic Textile with the Story of Joseph

Nisibis, Church, right nave, windows

The First Council of Nicaea (325)

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, Façade

Trapezus, Hagia Sophia

Cappadocia, Rock church

Sétif, Basilica B, Mosaic of Adeodatus

Nesactium, North Basilica

Fayyum, Coptic text of Isaiah

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Entrance

Kiti, Panagia Angeloktisti church

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Arches

Sabratha, Christian inscription

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Interior

Chimaera, Byzantine church

Thessaloniki, Church of St Demetrius, Interior

Tigranocerta, Church Capital

The Council of Chalcedon (451)

Nisibis, Church, left nave, interior

Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Dome

Suq al-Awty, Church, Arches

Sufetula, Church of Vitalis

Amphipolis, Basilica C

Gadara, Byzantine Church

Achmim, Funerary stela of Pamim

Apollonia, Western basilica

Machaerus, Byzantine reliquary

Apollonia,Central basilica, baptistery

Constantinople, Church of Divine Peace

The Council of Ephesus (431)

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Exterior

Lambousa Treasure, Wedding of David and Michal

Thebes, Sahidic ostracon

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

Capernaum, "House of Peter"

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Apse

Coptic Bible Manuscript (Gospel of John and Psalms)

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Baptismal font

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

Apollonia, East basilica, Capital

Ptolemais, Church

Resafa, Cathedral, Narthex

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Cross

Kalabsha, Coptic tombstone of Manna

Nisibis, Church, central nave

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Nave (2)

Bonn, Tombstone of Ursicinus

Nisibis, Church, Apse and altar

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church

Sétif, Basilica A, Mosaic of Cresconia

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

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

Bosra, Episcopal Palace

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

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

Tigranocerta, Southern Church

Kourion, Basilica

Trier, Dom, Roman basilica (model)

Narbo, Le Clos de la Lombarde, Baptistery

Apollonia, Western basilica, Pavement

Ravenna, San Vitale, Exterior

Tigranocerta, Southern Church

Egypt, Byzantine decorated tile, St. Lawrence

Sardes, Christian sarcophagus

Tarsus, Church (converted to a mosque)

Lintel of the church entrance

Amathus, Christian basilica

Suq al-Awty, Church

Soumela, Wall paintings: the Council of Nicaea

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

Buthrotum, Basilica

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Mosaic

Antinoopolis, Coptic textile, Praying man with candelaber and ankh

Poreč, Euphrasian Basilica

Syracuse, Temple of Athena, Nave

Nazareth, "Cave of the Annunciation"

Suq al-Awty, Church

Khor Virap, Cell of Gregory the Illuminator

Viminacium, Tomb of the Mona Lisa, Peacock

Thessaloniki, Church of the Acheiropoietos, Mosaic

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

Apollonia, East basilica

Nisibis, Church, right nave, decoration

Qasr Libya, West Church, apse

Olympia, Workshop of Phidias (Byzantine church)

Beirut, Medal of St. Catharine

Myra, Church of the tomb of Saint Nicholas, Nave

Tiddis, Sherd with the execution of a Christian

Byllis, Basilica A, Parapet

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

Relief of an archangel

Rome, Lateran, Capella Sancta Sanctorum, Fresco of Augustine

Thessaloniki, Church of the Acheiropoietos, Interior

Qasr Libya, East Church, Atrium

Constantinople, Church of S. Polyeuctus

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Narthex

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Byzantine church, Mosaic

Resafa, Basilica B

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

Nave

Apamea, Church, Mosaic of Adam and the Phoenix

Worms, Cathedral, Relic holder with bones of St Nicholas

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Map

Miletus, Theater, Christian invocation of the archangels

Xanthus, Colonnaded Street, Church

Apollonia, Western basilica, Columns

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Apse

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Mosaic

Amphipolis, Basilica D

Nisibis, Church, Tomb of Mar Yacob

Tiddis, Round Baptistery

Furnos Minus, Christian funerary mosaic

Luxor, Temple of Montu, Coptic relief with ankh

Kaunos, Byzantine church

Hadrumetum, Catacomb of the Good Shepherd, Good Shepherd

Antioch, Cave of Saint Peter (altar)

Column in the East Basilica

Ostia, Epitaph of Monnica

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Mosaic of Christ

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Theodosian capitals

Hippo Regius, Basilica, General view

Kom Abu Billu, Coptic funerary stela

Nisibis, Church, capital

Sagalassus, Christian oil lamp

Ailana, Roman church

Gerasa, Church of St. John (1)

Apollonia, East basilica

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, general view

Boffalora d'Adda, Langobard tomb, Cross

Nisibis, Church, left nave (demolished)

Tongeren, Byzantine ivory of Saint Paul

Resafa, Basilica A, Nave

Viminacium, Christian tomb with a hunting scene, Christogram.

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

Suq al-Awty, Church, Arches

Poreč, First Basilica, Mosaic

Byzantine silk with St. Demetrius or St George

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

Trier, Tombstone of a boy named Florus

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, apse

Poreč, First Basilica, Pavement

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, General view

Remagen, Tombstone of Meteriola

Resafa, Basilica A, Cross

Tongeren, Basilica, Apse

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Circular mosaic

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Apse

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Apse and mihrab

Hippo Regius, Baptistery

Qasr Libya, West Church, decoration

Tyre, City, Crusader Church

Rome, S. Pietro, Sarcophagus with Christ as Lawgiver

Sufetula, Church of Vitalis, Baptistery

Viminacium, Christian tomb with a hunting scene, Peacocks.

Afrosiab, Christian ossuary

Church from the south

Priene, Agora, Byzantine church

Ravenna, San Vitale, Apse, Mosaic of Christ

Antioch, Cave of Saint Peter (façade)

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Interior

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

Seagulls above Apollonia's central basilica

Buthrotum, Basilica

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

Dadivank, Wall painting of Saint Nicholas

Maastricht, St.Servaas, Christian tombstone

Buthrotum, Baptistery

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

Madaba Map, Bethlehem

Ravenna, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Sarcophagus

Trier, Frankish tombstone with christogram

Echmiadzin, Reliquary containing the arm of St John

Coptic Amulet, written on parchment

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, General view

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

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Circular mosaic

Madauros, Tombstone of bishop Placentinus

Sagalassus, Byzantine Church

Timgad, Christian mosaic

Hadrumetum, Tombstone of Iorticius

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Nave

Cherchell, Christian tombstone of Vitula

Gerasa, Cathedal, Entrance

Mushabbak, church façade

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

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, capitals

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Capitals

Nea Anchialos, Christian basilica

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

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Theodosian capital

Tigranocerta, Baptistery

Dura Europos, Church

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Greek inscription

Phoenix on a Coptic relief

Nijmegen, Agraphe with christogram

Athens, Ilissos Basilica, Relief of the Nativity

Madauros, Christian tombstone

Lepcis, Severan Basilica, Pulpit

Emporiae, Christian shrine

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Circular mosaic

Resafa, Cathedral, Apse

Bawit, Coptic church, Model

Suq al-Awty, Church decoration

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Narthex, Imperial gate

Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Byzantine church, Apse

Adoration of the Magi

Taucheira, East Basilica, Columns

Faqra, Temple of Atargatis and Byzantine church

Trier, Tombstone of Ursicinus

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

Amida, Harput Gate, Cross

Tigranocerta, Churches

Coptic Annunciation: an angel with a herald's staff

Lejjun, Byzantine church

Nesebar, Byzantine church

Novae, Byzantine basilica

Poreč, Euphrasian Basilica, Apse

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

Resafa, Cathedral, Decoration

Ságvár, Bronze casket fitting with the Apostles

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, entrance

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Mosaic, Detail, Bird

Taucheira, East Basilica, Mosaic

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Exterior

Faqra, Byzantine Church, Wall

Sétif, Christian tombstone of Constantius

Taucheira, East Basilica

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

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, the two floors

The Second Council of Nicaea (787)

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Apse

Ptolemais, Church, Map

Palmyra, Church

Cairo, "Hanging Church"

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Tomb

Tipasa, Martyrium

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

Apollonia,Central basilica

Apollonia, East basilica, Mosaics

Nisibis, Church, right nave, decoration

Ravenna, San Vitale, Mosaic of two angels

Mactaris, Vandal Church

Orontes, Source, Monastery

Cyrrhus, Remains of a church (to the right)

Beirut, Byzantine church floor

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

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Splendid Gate

Christian tombstone from Carthage (EDCS-17701003)

Tipasa, Basilica

Suq al-Awty, Church, Nave

Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Mosaic of St Lawrence

Sufetula, Byzantine mosaic

Papyrus with the text of the Creed

Constantinople, Monastery of St John of Studius

Suq al-Awty, Church pillar

Old Church, Amsterdam

Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Interior

Anemurium, Remains of a Byzantine church

Rifnik, Byzantine church

Hadrumetum, Catacomb of Severus, Funerary Mosaic of Bigulantius

Soumela, Wall paintings: St Nicholas striking his opponent

Nesactium, South Basilica

Viminacium, Tomb of the Mona Lisa, Peacock

Amphipolis, Basilica C, Goat-shaped capital

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Nave

Patara, Basilica

Garni, Church

Tiddis, Christian chapel

Ras al-Hillal, Byzantine church, Decoration

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Capital

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Capital

Syracuse, Temple of Athena converted to church

Milan, St Ambrogio, Mosaic of Saint Ambrose

Madauros, Inscription referring to a Christian soldier of III Augusta

Amsterdam, Old Church, interior

Salona, Sarcophagus of Julia Aurelia Hilaria

Apollonia, Western basilica

Apollonia,Central basilica, Columns

Jerusalem, Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, from the southwest

Sardes, Byzantine shops, Fountain

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Water reservoir

Faqra, Byzantine Church, nave

Ptolemais, Church, Mosaic of an angel

Bawit, Icon of Christ and St.Menas

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

Salamis, Kampanopetra Basilica, Apsis

Isthmia, Fragment of a Christian Inscription

Curved capital (Monastery of St Simeon)

Fayyum, Coptic chalice

Sai Island, Church

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

Qasr Libya, East Church, looking to the apse

Byllis, Episcopal Palace

Lepcis Magna, Christian tombstone

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Decoration

Tyre, Al-Bass Cemetery, Church, stairs

The First Council of Constantinople (381)

Nisibis, Church, left nave, interior

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

Phoenix on a Coptic tombstone

Constantinople, Ivory with the translation of relics

Resafa, Basilica A, Capital

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

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

Cyrrhus,South wall, Christian inscription

Philippi, Episcopal Palace

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

Capitals

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

Xanthus, Colonnaded Street, Church, Mosaic

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, Pulpit

Bodrum, Representation of Saint Nicholas

Qasr Libya, West Church, mosaic

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Nave, Capital

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

Coptic Relief of St.George

Mellet, Aux trois arbres

Apollonia, East basilica

John the Baptist (fourteenth century)

Corinth, Tombstone of a Christian

Sohag, White Monastery

Ravenna, Orthodox Baptistery, Exterior

Tiddis, Christian chapel, Tombs

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Mosaic

Petra, Byzantine church, General view

Bosra, Cathedral

Byzantine funerary stele from Egypt

Buthrotum, Basilica

Myra, Church of the tomb of St Nicholas, Pectoral

Paris, Notre-Dame, St Nicholas

Priene, Episcopal Church

Amphipolis, Basilica A, Mosaic, Detail

Sirmium, Tombstone of the Christians Peter and Victorinianus

Byllis, Basilica C

Lepcis Magna, Byzantine Church, Nave

Suq al-Awty, church graffiti

Constantinople, Church of Sergius and Bacchus, Greek inscription

Kiti, Panagia Angeloktisti church, apse

Madauros, Christian basilica C

The Third Council of Constantinople (680)

Tipasa, Christian mosaic

Palmyra, Temple of Ba'al, Christian wall painting

Apollonia,Central basilica, Apse

Church from the west

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, remains of the Theodosian church

Philadelphia, Citadel, Byzantine Church

Sufetula, Church of Bellator

Resafa, Basilica A, Repairs