Chapter 8: The Successors of Rome: Byzantine, Islam, and The Early Medieval West


Illuminated Manuscripts - examines illuminated manuscripts as well as the manuscripts' text.
 

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/medieval/browse.htm -illuminated manuscripts at the Cloisters

http://colophon.com/gallery/minskyshow/illum.htm

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/medieval/browse.htm- includes the Book of Hours, Marguerite de Navarre, and Hezekiah and the water clock
 

Mosques - depicts the fantastic architectural work and design

          http://info.uah.edu/msa/mosques.html- mosques around the world

 
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Alhambra.html - eight photos: including courtyard, close-ups, interior/exterior

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/sacred-sites/mosques.htm
 

Byzantine Style
 

http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/Athos/General/Art.html- Byzantine art on Mont Athos.....limited dupes

Greek Jewellery -  Byzantine Jewelry - There is a lot of pages with jewelry please look around

http://members.fortunecity.com/fstav1/archit.html - Byzantine churches, palaces, walls, cisterns, Hagia Sophia, & misc.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/ - Byzantium: Byzantine studies on the Internet (large site)

http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html - The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies (large site -- not just Byzantine)
 

Arcade
 

http://www.uen.org/Centennial/08BuildingsA.html - explanations and descriptions of arcade and illustrates the details of arcades

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