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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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Two-Sided Pendant with the Archangel Michael and Daniel in the Lions' DenAngels

Two-Sided Pendant with the Archangel Michael and Daniel in the Lions' Den

c. 1200 or later (Constantinople workshop; small portable devotional pendant)· Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photograph: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Open Access (Public Domain / CC0). The underlying c. 1200+ serpentine pendant is in the public domain. Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Hayford Peirce, 1987.
Medallion with Saint Matthew from an Icon FrameApostles

Medallion with Saint Matthew from an Icon Frame

c. 1100 (Middle Byzantine; one of nine surviving medallions from a group of twelve that originally surrounded an Archangel Gabriel icon, possibly sent as a Byzantine diplomatic gift to neighboring Christian Georgia)· Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photograph: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Open Access (Public Domain / CC0). The underlying c. 1100 Byzantine cloisonné medallion is in the public domain. Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1917.
Saint PaulApostles

Saint Paul

c. 1100· Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 17.190.673), via Wikimedia Commons. Released under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The underlying c. 1100 Byzantine cloisonné medallion is in the public domain.
The Dormition of the TheotokosTheotokos

The Dormition of the Theotokos

Late 10th century (Macedonian Renaissance, Constantinople workshop)· Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access). Released under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The underlying late-10th-century Byzantine ivory plaque (18.6 × 14.8 cm) 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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