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Byzantine Art Project

Artworks from the great traditions of Byzantine and Eastern Christian iconography, each paired with a doctrinal reflection. The corpus surfaces GLM's confessional shape case by case as the iconography requires it — read what the picture argues.

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The Argument about Icons (Empress Theodora and the Iconoclasts)Iconoclasm Debate

The Argument about Icons (Empress Theodora and the Iconoclasts)

c. 1150–1175 (illuminated copy of John Skylitzes's Synopsis of Histories; produced in Norman Sicily, possibly at the multilingual Palermo court of Roger II / William I; 574 marginal illuminations across 233 folios)· Biblioteca Nacional de España
Public domain photographic reproduction (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 12th-century manuscript published before 1931). The underlying Madrid Skylitzes (Biblioteca Nacional de España, MS Vitr. 26-2) is in the public domain.
Emperor Leo V and the Monk of DagisteasIconoclasm Debate

Emperor Leo V and the Monk of Dagisteas

c. 1150–1175 (illuminated copy of John Skylitzes's Synopsis of Histories; production in Norman Sicily)· Biblioteca Nacional de España
Public domain photographic reproduction (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 12th-century manuscript published before 1931). The underlying Madrid Skylitzes is in the public domain.

Photographs sourced primarily from Wikimedia Commons and museum open-access programs (Met CC0, Walters PD/CC BY-SA, British Museum CC BY 2.5, Cleveland Museum of Art CC0, Smithsonian Open Access, Dumbarton Oaks CC0). Originals are public domain by age; photographs carry the licenses noted on each artwork. Click any card for full credit, license, and a link back to the source.

THE SCRIPTORIUM — BE OBEDIENT & BE BOLD