Browse Items (29 total)
- Collection: Sacred
Oleg Grabar, Early Islamic Art, 650-1100
Oleg Grabar, Early Islamic Art, 650-1100
Ana Munk, Aerial Reconstruction of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, With Positioning of Staircase Visible
Ana Munk, Aerial Reconstruction of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, With Positioning of Staircase Visible, 2009
This is the floor plan of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, showing the improvised nature of the staircase landing and its overall positioning within the domus.
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Culture, Domestic Living, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Sacred Spaces, San Giovanni e Paolo, Urbanism
Andrew Shiva, al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Andrew Shiva, al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, 14 November 2013
Tags: Islam, Jerusalem, Mosque, Temple Mount, Umayyad
Ana Munk, Apis Bull Mosaic, Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Caelian Hill, Rome
Ana Munk, Apis Bull Mosaic, Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Caelian Hill, Rome, 2009
Like the Mosaic of the Four Seasons, this mosaic depicting most likely the popular cult of the Romanized Apis Bull was not whitewashed when…
Doug Boin, Apotropaic Amulet from Ostia, Second to Fourth Century
Doug Boin, Apotropaic Amulet from Ostia, Second to Fourth Century, 2016
Dated somewhere between the second and fourth centuries, this apotropaic amulet from Ostia exemplifies the eclectic, pragmatic, and individual nature…
Tags: Amulet, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Culture, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Ostia, Paganism, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism
Omar Sanadiki, Courtyard of the Great Mosque of Aleppo in 2016, during the Syrian Civil War
Omar Sanadiki, Courtyard of the Great Mosque of Aleppo in 2016, during the Syrian Civil War, Reuters, 13 December 2016
Both the Great Mosque of Aleppo and the Great Mosque of Damascus were built in the same year: 715 CE. The structure in Damascus has been largely…
Tags: Aleppo, Islam, Mosque, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Umayyad
Ana Munk, Dance of the Four Seasons Mosaic, Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Caelian Hill, Rome
Ana Munk, Dance of the Four Seasons Mosaic, Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, Caelian Hill, Rome, 2009
Created in the late 3rd century, after the consolidation of this domus but before the arrival of the pious senator Pammachius and his wife, this…
plotted by Doug Boin; based on map of Ostia from Archivio Disegni, Ostia Antica 11689, Distribution of Mithraea in Ostia, Third Century
plotted by Doug Boin; based on map of Ostia from Archivio Disegni, Ostia Antica 11689, Distribution of Mithraea in Ostia, Third Century, 2016
This map shows all fifteen Mithraea, archaeologically attested thus far. Eight date to the third century, four early in that century and four late. …
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Cultural, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Italy, late antique, Late Antiquity, Map, Medieval, Mithraea, Ostia, Pagans, Religion, roman empire, Rome, Urbanism
Wikimedia Commons, Hagia Eirene, Constantinople
Wikimedia Commons, Hagia Eirene, Constantinople
Commissioned in 360 by Constantine, the Hagia Eirene could be said to physically represent the Christian side of his policy of toleration alongside…
Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium, Christianity, Cities, Constantinople, Early Middle Ages, Fall of Rome, Hagia Eirene, Istanbul, late antique, Late Antiquity, Medieval, Religion, roman empire, Turkey, Urbanism
