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What are Night (Νύξ), Dawn (Όρθρος), Echo (Ηχώ) and Melody (Μελωδία) doing in a 10th-century Byzantine Psalter? 🌌✨
Look closely at these two gorgeous, atmospheric illuminations from the Paris Psalter (BnF MS grec 139, c. 940–960 AD).
During the "Macedonian Renaissance," Byzantine artists bridged the classical past with the monotheistic cosmos, transforming ancient mythology into medieval sacred allegory.
#ArtHistory #ByzantineArt #ParisPsalter #Iconography #manuscripts #medieval
Aphrodite is ready for #FannyFriday 👌
Explore the Ambrosian #Iliad (Ilias Picta), a late 5th-century masterpiece, produced in Alexandria or Constantinople, currently in Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Cod. F. 205 Inf.
The alt text provides additional content, links and details on the rarity, the significance, and the incredible recovery of this fascinating manuscript.
#AncientHistory #Classics #Homer #Manuscripts #ArtHistory #ClassicalStudies #BookHistory #AngeloMae #ByzantineArt #Histodons #Achilles #Dolon #Odysseus #Diomedes #Zeus
Kindly asking for feedback from #Histodons, #arthistory #Medievodons, and #Classics scholars.
I'm fascinated by the spatial layout of Folio 9r (Orpheus in the Underworld) in the Vatican Vergil (Cod. Vat. lat. 3225, c. 400 CE).
Are there parallel Late Antique or early Byzantine iconographic examples utilizing this distinct 'two-cave' topographical shorthand?
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#ArtHistory #Classics #Latin #Mythology #VaticanVergil #LateAntiquity #ByzantineArt #Iconography
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInterior Interior shot of a cave in Cappadocia showing Byzantine art painted on the walls and decorative carvings into the walls. #EastCoastKin #Cappadocia #Turkey #CavePainting #RockinTuesday #ByzantineArt
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInterior Interior shot of a cave in Cappadocia showing Byzantine art painted on the walls and decorative carvings into the walls. #EastCoastKin #Cappadocia #Turkey #CavePainting #RockinTuesday #ByzantineArt
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