#byzantine

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7th-9th century earrings form Serbia (found near Veliko Gradiste and Macvanska Mitrovica). They were most likely ordered and made in famous Byzantine gold centers.

Serbia has a very rich medieval history, but its people need help in the present day.

If you want to help out at least reblog this, if you are unable to donate. We had a very low media coverage. The damage is incalculable and we will feel the effects of this for years to come. Spreading the word is essential.

Thank you!

Ayios Neophytos Monastry, Cyprus. Byzantine frescoes, 12th-15th century.

Hospitality of Abraham, Russian orthodox icon, c 1600

Sugarloaf Amethyst Dangle Earrings

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 Justinian, Bishop Maximianus, and attendants, mosaic from the north wall of the apse, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 547

Aerial view of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 526–547.

ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORUS OF MILETUS, interior of Hagia Sophia (view facing southwest), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, 532–537.

 ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORUS OF MILETUS, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, 532–537.

Saint Michael the Archangel, right leaf of a diptych, early sixth century. Ivory, approx. 1’ 5” X 5 1/2”. British Museum, London

Justinian as world conqueror (Barberini Ivory), left leaf of a diptych, midsixth century. Ivory, 1’ 1 ½" x 10 ½". Louvre, Paris.

 Anastasis, apse fresco in the parekklesion of the Church of Christ in Chora (now the Kariye Muzesi), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, ca. 1310–1320.

 David composing the psalms, folio 1 verso of the Paris Psalter, ca. 950-970. Tempera on vellum, 1’ 2 1/8" x 10 ¼". Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

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Byzantine Gold Bracelet with Cross and Lions, 5th-6th Century AD

Monemvasia - a hidden Greek treasure.

Gold Solidus of Constans II (641–68)

Early Byzantine coin, minted in Constantinople.

Met Museum

Solidus of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine

Byzantine, made in Constantinople, ca. 630 AD

[in Greek, on obverse:] Our lords Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine Perpetual Augusti; [on reverse, left and right:] Victory of the emperors

Met Museum

Mehmet II, in my understanding he sent Europe looking in other directions for trade, conquest and affirmation of religious superiority by conversion, beginning the early modern and globalized eras (this is an original drawing I did on a digital tablet)

A pectoral made of coins and a medallion featuring Byzantine emperors, ca. 540. The hooks at the bottom once held a medallion featuring Theodosius, the last Roman emperor to rule a united eastern and western empire, and a key figure in establishing the Nicene Creed as the keystone of Christian belief. 

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St James the Persian, from Meteora 1931, 1931,Yiannis Tsaroychis

Biserica Domnească Sfântul Nicolae/ St. Nicholas Church, Curtea de Argeș, Romania by fusion-of-horizons

Mănăstirea Sfinții Trei Ierarhi/ Monastery of the Three Hierarchs , Iași, Romania by Clifton Beard

Mănăstirea Sfinții Trei Ierarhi/ Monastery of the Three Hierarchs , Iași, Romania by Oana-Roxana