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Tag Archives: arian baptistry
Can you help? The relevance of the monogram embroidered on Byzantine over-cloaks
Given that we have a pretty wide readership, and many of you are academics, I wonder if anyone can answer a question posed by blog correspondent Dave about monograms that appear in mosaics, particularly at Ravenna. If you can help … Continue reading
The Popularity of Byzantium – Over 4,000 Blog Visits
I am so pleased that so many of you keep on visiting the blog and that the variety of topics is drawing in ever larger audiences. It took five months for our first 1,000 MyByzantine Blog visits; three months for the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog News & Updates, Mosaic Hunting Italy 2009
Tagged arian baptistry, Byzantine, Byzantium, Empress, quadriga, Ravenna, San Vitale, Theodora
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