Drawing of the interior of Santa Costanza,

Rome,

Early Christian,

337 - 351 AD

Plan of Santa Costanza,

Rome,

Early Christian,

337 - 351 AD

Plan of Hagia Sophia,

Constantinople (Istanbul),Byzantine,

532 - 537 AD

(architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus)

View of vaults/dome of Hagia Sophia,

Constantinople (Istanbul), Byzantine,

532 - 537 AD

(architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus)

Comparison of plans of (L) Palatine Chapel,

Aachen, Carolingian,

792 - 805

(architect: Odo of Metz)

and (R) San Vitale,

Ravenna, Byzantine,

526 - 547 AD

Interior of San Vitale,

Ravenna, Byzantine,

526 - 547 AD

 Interior of Palatine Chapel,

Aachen, Carolingian,

792 - 805

(architect: Odo of Metz)

Gatehouse,

Lorsch, Carolingian,

ninth century AD

Author portrait of Saint Matthew from the Coronation Gospels,

made in Aachen, Carolingian,

c. 800 - 810 AD.

This page would have faced the beginning of the Book of Matthew from the New Testament.

Author portrait of Saint Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels, made in Reims, Carolingian,

c. 816 - 835 AD.

This page would have faced the beginning of the Book of Matthew from the New Testament.

Interior of the abbey church of St Michael,

Hildesheim, Ottonian,

1001 - 1031 AD

Interior of Santa Sabina,

Rome,

Early Christian,

422 - 432 AD