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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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Ananias Lays Hands on SaulLiturgical

Ananias Lays Hands on Saul

c. 1140–1170 (Norman Sicilian; Pauline cycle commissioned under Roger II and William I)· Cappella Palatina
Photograph by Gmihail (2013). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Serbia (CC BY-SA 3.0 RS). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
Christ Pantocrator of the ApsePantocrator

Christ Pantocrator of the Apse

c. 1140–1160 (commissioned under Roger II of Sicily; Greek mosaicists, Norman patron, Arab muqarnas ceiling — the chapel's cultural-translation register)· Cappella Palatina
Photograph by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra (2012). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic 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.

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