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Ivory plays an important role in the history of precious arts in the Middle Ages. Heir to the ivory work of the ancient world, this art developed in the Eastern Christian world in particular. As the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire from the 4th century until 1453, Byzantium constituted an...

The subject of the Christ of Pity was well-known in the Byzantine world from the 13th century. Linked to the cycle of the Passion, it was an image of devotion intended to be used for meditation on the death of Christ.

Rather than integrate Western motifs into the framework of an icon, this image takes the unusual approach of juxtaposing Italian and Byzantine styles on either side of a diagonal line running from the bottom left corner to the top right corner of the panel. It could possibly be, as some have...

Nikola Sarić, born in Serbia in 1985, lives and works in Hanover (Germany). He discovered Byzantine art during his studies at Belgrade University’s Academy of Applied Arts. Impressed in particular by the beauty of the Medieval frescos at Studenica Monastery, he specialised in learning the...

Saint Mary of Egypt was a prostitute in the 5th century in Alexandria, who was converted at the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem. She retreated into the Palestinian desert, in the Jordan region, where she lived for the rest of her days in solitude and penitence.

This hagiographic icon is a depiction of Elijah and recalls his retreat into the desert, with scenes from his life displayed in two horizontal borders positioned at the top and bottom of the icon.

The acquisition or transfer of relics in the Middle Ages required the creation of precious reliquaries to exhibit them for veneration by the faithful. Those relating to Christ himself, notably fragments of the wood of the cross, were naturally considered to be the most sacred.