Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant wall painting in a Jewish catacomb, Villa Torlonia, Rome. 3rd century.

Good Shepherd, Orants, and Story of Jonah, painted ceiling of the Catacomb of Saints Pietro and Marcellino, Rome. 4th century.

Jonah Swallowed and Jonah Cast Up, two statuettes of a group from the eastern Mediterranean, probably Asia Minor. Probably 3rd century. Marble, heights 20 5/16" (51.6 cm) and 16" (40.6 cm). The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Wall with Torah niche, from a house-synagogue, Dura-Europos, Syria. 244 - 45. Tempera on plaster, section approx. 40' long. Reconstructed in the National Museum, Damascus, Syria.

Parting of Lot and Abraham, mosaic in the nave arcade, Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. 432–40. Panel approx. 4'11" x 6'8" (1.2 x 2 m).

Harvesting of Grapes, mosaic in the ambulatory vault, Church of Santa Costanza.

Sarcophagus niches, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy. c. 425 - 26.

Resurrection and Angel with Two Marys at the Tomb, panel of a diptych, found in Rome. c. 400. Ivory, 14 1/2 x 5 3/8" (37 x 13.5 cm). Castello Sforzesco, Milan.

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassius c. 359. Marble, 4 x 8' (1.2 x 2.4 m). Grottoes of Saint Peter, Vatican, Rome.

Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Church of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey. 532 - 37.

Church of Hagia Sophia (interior).

Transfiguration of Christ mosaic in the apse, Church of the Virgin, Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt. c. 548 - 65.

Interior, Church of San Vitale, Ravenna.

Emperor Justinian and His Attendants, mosaic on north wall of the apse, Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy. c. 547. 8'8" x 12' (2.64 x 3.65 m).

Empress Theodora and Her Attendants, mosaic on south wall of the apse, Church of San Vitale. c. 547. 8'8 " x 12' (2.64 x 3.65 m).

Church of Sant' Apollinare in Classe (Classis), the former port of Ravenna, Italy. Dedicated 549.

Virgin of Vladimir, icon, probably from Constantinople. Faces only, 12th century; the rest has been retouched. Tempera on panel, height approx. 31 " (78 cm). Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Crucifixion mosaic, mosaic in the north arm of the east wall, Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece. Late 11th century.

Harbaville Triptych. Mid-11th century. Ivory, closed 11 x 9_" (28 x 24.1 cm); open 11 x 19" (28 x 48.2 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris.

David the Psalmist from the Paris Psalter. Second half of the 10th century. Paint on vellum, sheet size 14 x 101/2" (35.6 x 26 cm). Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris.

St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.