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a. The wooded coastline of the Island of Thasos – b. The upper reaches of the river Struma
a. View westwards across Lake Little Prespa – b. The Vale of Florina
3. The Great Goddess and the Source of Eternal Life, I 20
a. Goddess with Beasts – b. Lilith, Goddess of Death – c. Lion Gate, Mycenae – d. Goddess with Beasts – e. Gorgon with Beasts – f. Artemis with Lions – g. Ceres with Snakes and Corn
4. The Great Goddess and the Source of Eternal Life, II
a. Atargatis on the Lion Throne and her consort Hadad – b. Cybele on the Lion Throne – c. Artemis and mounted Dioscuri – d. Goddess and Horsemen – e. Goddess and Attendants – f. Goddess and Beasts – g. Goddess and Birds – h. Goddess and Beasts – i. Goddess and Horsemen
5. Variations on the theme of the Source of Eternal Life in Christian Iconography ... 56
(See also illustrations to the Macedonian monuments)
a. Daniel and the Lions – b. The Cross and the Lambs – c. Christ, the Hon and serpent at His feet, with SS. Peter and Paul – d. Traditio Legis – e. Peacocks at the Source of Life – f. The Virgin and Child with two Archangels – g. The Virgin and Child on a Lion Throne attended by Saints – h. The Cross with Dragons and Saints – i. Episcopal Throne. Church of St Clement, Ohrid, Macedonia
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6. The Heroic Horseman, I ... 56
a. The Calydonian Boar Hunt – b and c. Horseman and Goddess – d-i. Thracian Horseman
a. Arsu, Syrian god and patron of caravans – b. Heroic Hunter – c. Horseman and Goddess – d-f. St George
8. Fourth-Century Thessalonica
Detail of the Triumphal Arch of Galerius
9. Fourth-Century Thessalonica 96
a. The Theodosian City Walls – b. Arch, found in the area of Galerius’s Palace – c. Detail of the soffit of b
‘Extra Muros’ Basilica, Philippi:
10. ‘Extra Muros’ Basilica, Philippi
a. The excavations viewed from the narthex towards the north-east corner – b. Fragment of chancel slab
11. ‘Extra Muros’ Basilica, Philippi
a. Capital and impost – b. Fragment of ambo – c and d. Fragments of pillars from chancel screen – e. Fragment of chancel screen stylobate
12. ’Extra Muros’ Basilica, Philippi
a. Floor mosaic at the south end of the narthex – b. Floor mosaic at the north end of the narthex – c. Wall painting on the west wall of Crypt B
13. ’Agora’ Basilica, Thasos 112
a. The excavations looking north-west from the apse – b. The apse
Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica:
14. Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica
a. Rotunda of St George from the east, 1864 – b. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 4
15. Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica
a. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 3 – b. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 5
16. Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica
1. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 2 – 2. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 6
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17. Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica 120
a. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 1 – b. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 7
18. Architectural Façades related to the Dome Mosaics of the Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica, I
a. Agora, Miletus – b. El Khasne, Petra – c. El Deir, Petra – d. Palace of Chosroes, Ctesiphon – e. Detail of mosaic panel, the Great Mosque, Damascus – f. Detail of mosaic panel, Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
19. Architectural Façades related to the Dome Mosaics of the Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica, II
a. West façade of the Church of St Mary-the-Virgin, Iffley, near Oxford – b. West façade of Notre-Dame, Paris – c. Iconostasis of the Church of St Naum, Ohrid
20. Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica
a. Detail of Dome Mosaic Panel No. 6 – b. Detail of Dome Mosaic Panel No. 7 – c and d. Details of mosaic ceilings in the bays
21. Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica
Detail of Dome Mosaic Panel No. 2
22. Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica
Heads circa end-fourth century : a-h. Rotunda of St George – i-p. Examples from other parts of the Empire
23. Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica
The Ambo : – a. One of the Magi – b. The Virgin and Child – c. The Front of the Ambo – d. The three Magi
24. Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica
The Ambo : – a. The shepherd and his flock – b. The shepherd and two of the Magi – c. One of the Magi
Palace Octagon Church, Thessalonica d. Fragment of a pillar – e. Detail of brickwork in the large apse
Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica:
25. Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica 128
a. Interior ; the east end – b. Interior ; the tribelon and the north-west corner of the nave
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26. Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica 128
a and b. Chancel portico arches – c. Detail of Chancel portico pillar – d. Crypt. Central structure
27. Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica
a. Pilaster at the western end of the southern nave colonnade – b. Capital, north wing of the sanctuary – c. Capital, tribelon
28. Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica
a-f. Capitals
29. Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica 144
a-d. The Destroyed Mosaics of the North Inner Aisle
30. Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica
a-c. The Destroyed Mosaics of the North Inner Aisle
31. Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica
a-c. The Destroyed Mosaics of the North Inner Aisle
32. Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica
a. St Demetrius and the Builders – b. St Demetrius and the Deacon
33. Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica 152
a. St Demetrius and the Children – b. St Sergius – c. St Demetrius and the Four Ecclesiastics
34. Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica
The Virgin and St Theodore
35. Basilica of the Holy Virgin ‘Acheiropoietos’, Thessalonica
a. Apse and iconostasis – b. Nave and gallery colonnades – c. Capital and two soffits of the nave – d. Detail of nave soffit – e. Detail of narthex soffit
36. East Basilica at Heraclea Lyncestis
a. Detail of mosaic floor in the forecourt – b. Detail of a : the peacock – c and d. Details of the mosaic floor in the forecourt : lioness and bull – e. Chancel screen stylobates at the opening from the sanctuary into the nave – f. Nave, looking west from the sanctuary
a. Landscape north of Prilep – b. Aerial view of Stobi – c. Aerial view of the Cemetery Basilica, Stobi
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Basilica of Bishop Philip, Stobi:
38. Basilica of Bishop Philip, Stobi 160
a-g. Capitals from the nave colonnades
39. Basilica of Bishop Philip, Stobi
a-i. Ionic impost-capitals from the galleries – j-l. Imposts from the nave colonnades
40. Basilica of Bishop Philip, Stobi
a. Fragments of the ambo – b-d. Fragments of slabs, probably from the chancel screen – e. Slab, probably from a gallery or nave colonnade
41. Basilica of Bishop Philip, Stobi
a-c. Mosaic floor of the narthex. Details
42. Basilica of Bishop Philip, Stobi
a-d. Mosaic floor of the narthex. Details
43. Basilica of Bishop Philip, Stobi 168
a-d. Fragments of wall paintings from the narthex
44. Basilica of Bishop Philip, Stobi
a and b. Fragments of wall paintings from the narthex – c. Fragment of wall painting from the nave
View from the foot of the Acropolis across the Plain of Philippi to the slopes of Mount Pangaeus
Basilicas A, B, Philippi:
a. Nave capital – b. Diaconicon capital – c. Angle capital from nave colonnade
a. Atrium capital – b. Base and capital of diaconicon pier – c. Stylobate and angle column base of nave colonnade – d. Peacocks at the Source of Life – e. Fragment of chancel slab – f. Fragment of column shaft from nave
48. Chapel of Hosios David, Thessalonica
a. Apse mosaic : ‘The Vision of Ezekiel’ – b. Detail of the apse mosaic : The head of Christ – c-f. Head of Buddha
50. Cruciform Basilica, Thasos
a. Apse. View of exterior from north-east – b. Apse and chancel stylobates from the west
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51. Cruciform Basilica, Thasos 176
a. Fragments of a pillar and slab from the chancel screen – b. Fragment of an open-work slab – c. Detail of the apse with remnants of the windows – d. Stylobates of the chancel screen at the entrance into the nave – e. Pillar, complete with its base and capital, from the nave
52. Basilica at Palikura, near Stobi
a and b. Chancel screen slabs – c-e. Details of pillars from the nave colonnades
Quatrefoil Baptistery Basilica, Stobi f. Baptismal pool – g. Fragment of mosaic floor in the ante-room to the baptismal chamber – h. Detail of an earlier mosaic floor in the ‘Summer Palace’, by the ‘Synagogue’ Basilica, Stobi
a. View from the north-west – b. View from the south-west
a. Pilaster and course – b. Doorway between the southern lateral chambers – c. Stylobates of the chancel entrance, the north-eastern pier and, to the left, a nave capital. Behind is the acropolis
Nave capital and impost, fragment of a pillar and base
a. View of the nave and apse from the narthex – b and c. Remnants of the mosaic floor of the bema – d-f. Fragments of slabs
Caričin Grad:
57. Episcopal Basilica, Caričin Grad 208
The Baptistery: a. General view – b. One of the four apses – c. Capital – d and e. Details from the mosaic floor
58. Episcopal Basilica, Caričin Grad
a and b. Fragments of the mosaic floor in the nave – c. Capital from the nave or baptistery
Crypt Basilica, Caričin Grad d. Capital from the atrium : front and side aspects – e. Capital from the atrium : rear aspect
59. South Churchy Caričin Grad 216
a-c. Capitals – d. Mosaic floor
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60. South Church, Caričin Grad 216
a and b. Details of the mosaic floor in the nave
61. South Church, Caričin Grad
a-c. Details of the mosaic floor in the nave
Domed Church at Konjuh:
a. View westwards from the episcopal throne – b. View south-eastwards from the narthex
63. Domed Church at Konjuh 224
a. Bema – b-d. Capitals – e. Detail from the sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodore, S. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna – f and g. Fragment of a pillar from the chancel screen
a and b. Sculptured fragments
1 EASTERN MACEDONIA
a. The wooded coastline of the Island of Thasos
b. The upper reaches of the river Struma near Gorna Jumaya, Bulgaria
2 WESTERN MACEDONIA
a. View westwards across Lake Little Prespa
b. The Vale of Fiorina
3 THE GREAT GODDESS AND THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL LIFE I
a. Goddess with Beasts. South Babylonia, cimi 2.300 B.C. British Museum
b. Lilith, Goddess of Death. Sumer, circa 2,000 B.C. Colville Collection
c. Lion Gate, Mycenae. Circa 1,500 B.C.
d. Goddess with Beasts. Beotian, seventh century B.C. National Museum. Athens
f. Artemis with Lions. Capua. Hellenic, circa 500 B.C. British Museum
e. Gorgon with Beasts. Perugia. Etruscan, circa 500 B.C. Antikensammlungen, Munich
g. Ceres with Snakes and Corn. Magna Graccia. Hellenic. Museo Nazionale delle Terme, Rome
4 THE GREAT GODDESS AND THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL LIFE II
a. Atargatis on the Lion Throne and her consort Hadad. Syrian under Anatolian influence. Art Museum of Yale University
b. Cybele on the Lion Throne. Stobi, Macedonia. National Museum, Belgrade
c. Artemis and mounted Dioscuri. Pisidia. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
d. Goddess and Horsemen. Slav. Nineteenth century Russian embroidery of traditional design. Historical Museum, Moscow
e. Goddess and attendants. Scythian. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
f. Goddess and Beasts. Slav. Seventh century bronze fibula. Historical Museum, Moscow
g. Goddess and Birds. Slav. Seventh century bronze fibula. Historical Museum, Moscow
h. Goddess and Beasts. Slav. Nine-tenth century bronze fibula. Historical Museum, Moscow
i. Goddess and Horsemen. Norwegian. Thirteenth century carving on a wooden episcopal throne. Heddai church, Telemark
5 VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHY
a. Daniel and the Lions. Sarcophagus, circa fifth century. National Museum, Ravenna
b. The Cross and the Lambs. Sarcophagus, circa fifth century. Ravenna
c. Christ, the lion and serpent at His feet, with SS. Peter and Paul. Pignatta sarcophagus, probably Constantinopolitan origin, circa fifth century, Ravenna
d. ‘Traditio Legis’. Sarcophagus, circa fifth century. National Museum, Ravenna
e. Peacocks at the Source of Life. Eleventh century chancel slab. Cathedral of Torcello
f. Virgin and Child with two Archangels. This symbol or the Deisis were generally preferred to the Crucifixion in the Byzantine Church. Church of the Panaghia Mavriotissia, Kastoria, Macedonia. Twelfth century
g. Virgin and Child on a Lion Throne attended by saints. Wall hanging, 1300-50. Historical Museum, Bern
h. The Cross with Dragons and Saints. Nineteenth century superstructure of the iconostasis in the Church of St. George, Kastoria, Macedonia
i. Episcopal Throne. Church of St. Clement, Ohrid, Macedonia. Detail showing one of the lions at the feet of the throne. Nineteenth century
6 THE HEROIC HORSEMAN I
a. The Calydonian Boar Hunt. Sarcophagus, Pisa
b. Horseman and Goddess. Funerary stele, Thasos
c. Horseman and Goddess. Fifth century B.C. textile found at Pazirik, Altai, Central Asia. Hermitage Museum, Leningrad
d. Thracian Horseman. Coin of Thracian king Seuthes I. British Museum
e. Thracian Horseman. In author's possession
f. Thracian Horseman. Beamy Institute Museum, Canterbury
g. Thracian Horseman. Archaeological Museum, Thessalonica
h. Thracian Horseman. Beaney Institute Museum, Canterbury
i. Thracian Horseman. Archaeological Museum, Thessalonica
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a. Arsu, Syrian god and patron of caravans
b. Heroic Hunter. Rock relief, Madara, Bulgaria
c. Horseman and Goddess. Detail of nineteenth century Russian embroidery of traditional design. Historical Museum, Moscow
d. St George. Twelfth century wall painting, Djurdjevi Stupovi, Serbia
e. St George. Fourteenth century sculpture, Dečani Monastery, Serbia
f. St George. Early nineteenth century woodcarving on the iconostasis of the Church of Sveti Spas, Skopje
8 FOURTH CENTURY THESSALONICA
DETAIL OF THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH OF GALERIUS, THESSALONICA
The Arch was erected sometime during the first five years of the fourth century to celebrate the victories of Galerius during his eastern campaigns. In the centre of the upper panel, Galerius, in military attire, stands to the right of an altar, which is decorated with representations of Zeus and Hercules. Galerius is offering a sacrifice of thanksgiving for his victories while the Emperor Diocletian stands on the left of the altar watching him. Two women stand behind the altar and an inscription ‘OIKH’ indicates that one or both of them are intended to symbolise the universe. Another inscription, ΈΗ’, identifies a third woman, standing to the right of Galerius, as a symbol of the Peace which Galerius has brought to the Universe. Behind her, farther to the right, appear another woman and a bull. The latter may be connected with the sacrifice; it was also, however, a customary attribute of the Syrian God Hadad. Scenes descriptive of Galerius’s eastern campaigns fill the lower panel, prominence being given to elephants and bons. At the extreme right a group of Persian notables hold gifts before an arched gateway
9 FOURTH CENTURY THESSALONICA
a. The Theodosian City Walls looking towards the circular tower of the Trigonion from the Tower of Hormisdas, named after the Persian engineer employed by Theodosius I (379-395)
b. Arch, found in the area of Galerius’s Palace, to which it probably belonged. The figure in the right hand medallion is thought to be Galerius and that in the left to be the Tyche or Fortune of the city. The medallion in the centre of the soffit contains the bust of Dionysus portrayed as a woman
c. Detail of the soffit of b. Vines, interlacing in a formal pattern, rise from a vase decorated with an ivy leaf design
10 ‘EXTRA MUROS’ BASILICA, PHILIPPI
a. The excavations viewed from the narthex towards the north east corner
b. Fragment of chancel slab
11 ‘EXTRA MUROS’ BASILICA, PHILIPPI
a. Capital and impost
b. Fragment of ambo
c. Fragment of pillar from chancel screen
d. Fragment of pillar from chancel screen
e. Fragment of chancel screen stylobate
12 ‘EXTRA MUROS’ BASILICA, PHILIPPI
a. Floor mosaic at the south end of the narthex
b. Floor mosaic at the north end of the narthex
c. Wall painting on the west wall of Crypt B
13 ‘AGORA’ BASILICA, THASOS
a. The excavations looking north west from the apse, showing the doorways at the north end of the narthex
b. The apse. To the left of the photograph are the remains of the presbytery seats lining the wall of the apse
14 ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA
a. Rotunda of St George from the east, 1864. (Drawing by C. Texier)
b. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 4; an unknown saint, Romanos (figure missing) and Eucarpion
15 ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA
a. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 3 ; Cosmas and Damian
b. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 5 ; an unknown saint and Ananias
16 ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA
a. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 2; Onisiphoros and Porphyrios
b. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 6; Basiliscos and Priscos
17 ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA
a. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 1 ; Leon and Philemon
b. Dome Mosaic Panel No. 7; Philip, Therinos and Cyril
18 ARCHITECTURAL FAÇADES RELATED TO THE DOME MOSAICS OF THE ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA I
Agora, Miletus. Reconstruction in Pergamon Museum, Berlin
b. El Khasne, Petra
c. El Deir, Petra
d. Palace of Chosroes, Ctesiphon
e. Detail of mosaic panel, the Great Mosque, Damascus
f. Detail of mosaic panel, Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
19 ARCHITECTURAL FAÇADES RELATED TO THE DOME MOSAICS OF THE ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA II
a. West façade of the Church of St. Mary-the-Virgin, Iffley, near Oxford
b. West façade of Notre Dame, Paris
c. Iconostasis of the Church of St. Naum, Ohrid
20 ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA
a. Detail of Dome Mosaic Panel No. 6. The Holy Dove descending on the Cross
b. Detail of Dome Mosaic Panel No. 7. The tympanum of the ciborium showing two angels supporting the bust of Christ
c, d. Detail of mosaic ceilings in the bays (See also Plate II)
21 ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA
Detail of Dome Mosaic Panel No. 2. Porphyrios; above, the swan frieze
22 ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA
HEADS DATED circa END FOURTH CENTURY ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE
a. Onisiphoros; b. Basiliscos; c. Priscos; d. Philemon
e. Anonymous saint; f. Ananias; g. Philip; h. Therinos
CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE EMPIRE
i. A patriarch. S. Lorenzo, Milan
j. An apostle. Chapel of S. Aquilino, S. Lorenzo, Milan
k. An apostle. Ivory. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
l. The citizen Eutropios of Ephesus. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
m. St Ambrose. Chapel of Ciel d’Oro, Milan
n. Pope Liberius. Pretesta to Catacomb, Rome
o. Emperor Theodosius I. Silver missorium. Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid
p. Stilicho. Ivory diptych, Cathedral, Monza
23 ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA
THE AMBO
a. One of the Mage
b. The Virgin and Child
c. The Front of the Ambo showing the original position of one of the Magi (left) and the Virgin and Child (right)
d. The three Magi and (extreme left) an angel
24 ROTUNDA OF ST GEORGE, THESSALONICA
a. The shepherd and his flock
b. The shepherd and two of the Magi
c. One of the Magi
PALACE OCTAGON CHURCH, THESSALONICA
d. Fragment of a pillar
e. Detail of brickwork in the large apse
25 BASILICA OF ST DEMETRIUS, THESSALONICA
a. Interior; the east end. On the pier in the centre are the mosaics of St Demetrius and the Children and of the Virgin and St Theodore
b. Interior; the tribelon and the north west corner of the nave. In the centre is the damaged mosaic of St Demetrius and the Four Ecclesiastics
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a, b. Chancel portico arches
c. Detail of chancel portico pillar
d. Crypt. Central structure
27 BASILICA OF ST DEMETRIUS, THESSALONICA
a. Pilaster at the western end of the southern nave colonnade
b. Capital, north wing of the sanctuary
c. Capital, tribelon
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a. Acanthus capital from the triple window of the narthex. Fifth century
b. Pilaster capital from the apse window. Fifth century
c. ‘Wind blown’ acanthus capital from the nave. Fifth or early sixth century
d. Ram capital from the nave. Fifth century
e. Eagle capital from the nave. Sixth century
f. Stylised relief capital from the nave. Early sixth century
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THE DESTROYED MOSAICS OF THE NORTH INNER AISLE
a. St Demetrius presents a follower to the Virgin, who, seated upon a throne, holds the Christ Child upon her lap and is attended by two angels. St Theodore stands on the right, beyond him an unidentified saint in a medallion. On the extreme left two medallions enclose the busts of two other unidentified saints. (Second Composition)
b. In the centre of the spandril the Virgin stands between two angels. They introduce to her, on the left, a woman holding a child in her arms and, on the right, a man. On
the left is an aeduula, from the pediment of which hangs a crater.
(Second episode of the story of Mary).
On the right are two of three medallions inserted after to the seventh century rebuilding. From left to right, the figures in the medallions are a deacon and St Demetrius
c. The medallion to the right of St Demetrius, corresponding to that enclosing the deacon on the left, contains the bust of a bishop
d. The Virgin standing by the sarcophagus. (Detail of the first episode of the story of Mary)
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THE DESTROYED MOSAICS OF THE NORTH INNER AISLE
a. Left, an unidentified female saint; right, Christ. (Detail of the fourth episode of the story of Mary)
b. Mary, holding in her hand a gift of two doves, is presented by her parents and relatives to St Demetrius. On the extreme left of the photograph a medallion contains the bust of Christ, His band raised in benediction. To the right of Christ, a ciborium stands on a plinth in the middle of a garden. (Fourth episode of the story of Mary)
c. The three medallions on the left enclose the busts of an unidentified saint, St Pelagia and St Matrona. Below the last is a small figure of a kneeling woman. (Detail of second composition). In the spandril, St Demetrius (extreme left), seated beneath a ciborium, presents a child to a woman. The fingers of his left hand reach to touch a hand stretching from a mutilated medallion on the right. Beyond this, watching the scene, stands the Virgin, beside her a sarcophagus. (First episode of the story of Mary). On the extreme right the bust of a saint has been interpolated at a later date.
31 BASILICA OF ST DEMETRIUS, THESSALONICA
THE DESTROYED MOSAICS OF THE NORTH INNER AISLE
a. In the spandrill St Demetrius stands in the attitude of prayer between two pillars. To the right of him a man kneels in obeisance. Further to the right, also forming part of the first composition, a square frame encloses a bearded saint. Beyond, above the apex of the arch, the bust of an unidentified saint begins the second composition
b. On the left are landscape details belonging to the fourth episode of the story of Mary. To the right, the fourth composition shows St Demetrius standing in the attitude of prayer before an exedra. Two men and a woman stand beside him and, in the upper corners, medallions enclose busts of SS. Cosmas and Damian
c. Detail of the badly damaged third episode of the story of Mary. St Demetrius stands between two figures beneath an ornamental portico. The figure on the left is the mother of Mary, whose head can be faintly distinguished in the bottom left hand corner
32 BASILICA OF ST DEMETRIUS, THESSALONICA
a. St Demetrius and the Builders
b. St Demetrius and the Deacon
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a. St Demetrius and the Children
b St Sergius
c. St Demetrius and the Four Ecclesiastics
34 BASILICA OF ST DEMETRIUS, THESSALONICA
The Virgin and St Theodore
35 BASILICA OF THE HOLY VIRGIN ‘ACHEIROPOIETOS’, THESSALONICA
a. Apse and iconostasis
b. Nave and gallery colonnades
c. Capital and two soffits of the nave
d. Detail of nave soffit
e. Detail of narthex soffit
36 EAST BASILICA AT HERACLEA LYNCESTIS
a. Detail of mosaic floor in the forecourt
b. Detail of a: the Peacock
Animals in the mosaic floor in the forecourt
c. Lioness
d. Bull
e. Chancel screen stylobates at the opening from the sanctuary into the nave
f. Nave, looking west from the sanctuary
37 NORTHERN MACEDONIA
a. Landscape north of Prilep
b. Aerial View of Stobi. The Basilica of Bishop Philip appears on the extreme right, the Quatrefoil Baptistery Basilica on the extreme left. The ’Synagogue’ Basilica is the third apsed building from the left.
c. Aerial view of the Cemetery Basilica, Stobi.
38 BASILICA OF BISHOP PHILIP, STOBI
CAPITALS FROM THE NAVE COLONNADES a. – g.
39 BASILICA OF BISHOP PHILIP, STOBI
IONIC IMPOST-CAPITALS FROM THE GALLERIES a. – i.
IMPOSTS FROM THE NAVE COLONNADES j. – l.
40 BASILICA OF BISHOP PHILIP, STOBI
a. Fragments of the ambo
b, c, d. Fragments of slabs, probably from the chancel screen
e. Slab, probably from a gallery or nave colonnade
41 BASILICA OF BISHOP PHILIP, STOBI
MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE NARTHEX. DETAILS a. – c.
42 BASILICA OF BISHOP PHILIP. STOBI
MOSAIC FLOOR OF THE NARTHEX. DETAILS a. – d.
43 BASILICA OF BISHOP PHILIP, STOBI
FRAGMENTS OF WALL PAINTINGS FROM THE NARTHEX a. – d.
44 BASILICA OF BISHOP PHILIP. STOBI
a. Fragment of wall painting from the narthex
b. Fragment of wall painting from the narthex
c. Fragment of wall painting from the nave
45 THE PLAIN OF PHILIPPI
View from the foot of the Acropolis across the Plain of Philippi to the slopes of Mount Pangaeus. In the foreground, the apse, transept and sanctuary of Basilica A; beyond them, the ruins of Basilica B.
46 BASILICA A, PHILIPPI
a. Nave capital
b. Diaconicon capital
c. Angle capital from nave colonnade
47 BASILICA A, PHILIPPI
a. Atrium capital
b. Base and capital of Diaconicon pier
c. Stylobate and angle column base of nave colonnade
d. Peacocks at the Source of Life. Behind the peacocks are stylised Trees of Life
e. Fragment of chancel slab
f. Fragment of column shaft from nave
48 CHAPEL OF HOSIOS DAVID, THESSALONICA
a. Apse mosaic: ‘The Vision of Ezekiel’
b. Detail of the apse mosaic: The head of Christ
c. Head of Buddha. Guides’ Mess, Hoti-Mardan
d. Head of Buddha. Museum of Eastern Art, Oxford
e. Head of Buddha. Christie, Mansott and Woods Ltd., London
f. Head of Buddha. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
49 OTHER CIRCA FIFTH OR FIRST HALF OF THE SIXTH CENTURY PORTRAITS OF THE YOUTHFUL, UNBEARDED CHRIST
a. Chapel of S. Aquilino, S. Lorenzo, Milan
b. ‘Mausoleum of Galla Placidia’, Ravenna
c. Entrance to the Archipiscopal Chapel, Ravenna
d. Ceiling of the Archipiscopal Chapel, Ravenna
e. Apse, S. Vitale, Ravenna
f. Above the main apse, Euphrasiana Basilica, Poreć
g. South apse, Euphrasiana Basilica, Poreć
h. Sta. Maria-in-Canneto, Pula
i. Wooden door of Sta. Sabina, Rome
j. Exuperantius sarcophagus, Ravenna
k. Chapel XVII, Apollo monastery, Bawit
l. Catacomb of Massimo, Rome
m. Ivory, Barberini diptych, Louvre, Paris
n. Ivory, Murano diptych, National Museum, Ravenna
o. Ivory, Pyx, Cluny Museum, Paris
p. Ivory, Cathedra of Maximianus, Archipiscopal Museum, Ravenna
50 CRUCIFORM BASILICA. THASOS
a. Apse. View of exterior from north east.
b. Apse and chancel stylobates from the west
51 CRUCIFORM BASILICA, THASOS
a. Fragments of a pillar and slab from the chancel screen
b. Fragment of an open-work slab
c. Detail of the apse with remnants of the windows
d. Stylobates of the chancel screen at the entrance into the nave
e. Pillar, complete with its base and capital, from the nave
52 BASILICA AT BALIKURA, NEAR STOBI
a. Chancel screen Slab
b. Chancel screen slab
c.—e. Details of pillars from the nave colonnades
QUATREFOIL BAPTISTERY BASILICA, STOBI
f. Piscina
g. Fragment of mosiac floor in the ante room
h. Detail of an earlier mosaic floor in the ’Summer Palace’, by the ‘Synagogue’ Basilica, Stobi
53 BASILICA B. PHILIPPI
a. View from the north west
b. View from the south west
54 BASILICA B. PHILIPPI
a. Pilaster and course
b. Doorway between the southern lateral chambers
c. Stylobates of the chancel entrance, the north eastern pier and, to the left, a nave capital. Behind is the acropolis
55 BASILICA B, PHILIPPI
Nave capital and impost, fragment of a pillar and base
56 BASILICA AT SUVODOL
a. View of the nave and apse from the narthex
b. Remnant of the mosaic floor of the bema
c. Remnant of the mosaic floor of the bema
d. Fragment of slab
e. Fragment of slab
f. Fragment of slab
57 EPISCOPAL BASILICA, CARIČIN GRAD
a. General view
b. One of the four apses
c. Capital
d. Detail from the mosaic floor
e. Detail from the mosaic floor
58 EPISCOPAL BASILICA, CARIČIN GRAD
a. Fragment of the mosaic floor in the nave
b. Fragment of the mosaic floor in the nave
c. Capital from the nave or baptistery
d. Capital from the atrium: front side aspects
e. Capital from the atrium: rear aspect
59 SOUTH CHURCH, CARIČIN GRAD
a. Capital from the atrium
a. Capital from the tribelon
c. Capital from the nave colonnades
d. The remnants of the mosaic floor of the sanctuary, nave and narthex. (Drawing by M. Nikolić)
60 SOUTH CHURCH, CARIČIN GRAD
DETAILS OF THE MOSAIC FLOOR IN THE NAVE
a. The Hunter with the lion
b. The Hunter with the bears
61 SOUTH CHURCH, CARIČIN GRAD
a. Nave mosaic detail; the Good Shepherd
b. Nave mosaic detail ; Amazon
c. Nave mosaic detail; Centaur
62 DOMED CHURCH AT KONJUH
a. View westwards from the episcopal throne
b. View south-eastwards from the narthex. On the left is the episcopal throne
63 DOMED CHURCH AT KONJUH
a. Bema. To the left and right are the bases of the presbytery scats. The episcopal throne is in the centre and to the right of it is the entrance to the semi-circular passage within the apse
b. Capital
c. Capital
d. Capital
e. Detail from the sarcophagus of Archbishop Theodore, S. Apollinare-in-Classe. Ravenna
f, g. Fragment of a pillar from the chancel screen showing the decorated sides
64 DOMED CHURCH AT KONJUH
SCULPTURED FRAGMENTS a, b