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Political map of Europe 1998Political map of Europe 1998

Purse cover from the Sutton Hoo ship burial

Animal style of the Eurasian nomads

Animal Head from Oseberg ship burial

Christ as Ruler of the Universe, Mosaic in the apse of the Cathedral of Monreale in Sicily

Colossus of Constantine I

Typical Basilica plan

Larger worship halls were necessary after the Edict of Milan since there were now many more people practicing Christianity.

The Church of Holy Wisdom – Hagia Sophia

Monreale Cathedral, Sicily

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna

Mosaics are a collage of sorts of many small lieces of glass, stone, marble, and gold leaf arranged into images. Decorating with mosaics was very popular during the Middle Ages.

Copy of doves from Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli

Illumination from the book

of Kells

Crocodile in the Aberdeen Bestiary