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 1200s and earlier

A Pope (ca 1260)

Psalter World Map (ca 1265)

Dome, Chora Church, now Kariye Mosque, Istanbul

The Good Shepherd (ancient Roman; Galla Placida Mausoleum)

The Monastery of St John of Rila, Bulgaria (10th century)

Christian Council of Ephèsus (detail; 431 AD)

The Chaos Monster and the Sun God (Sumerian)

fresco of a sanctuary entrance (ca 50 BC; Pompeii)

Roman bedroom (ca 45 BC) reconstruction at The Met

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (erected 537-532 AD)

Angels emerges from sun; 4 others hold the winds (after 922 AD)

a very early Madonna and Child icon (9th century)

Romanesque fresco at Anagni Cathedral (ca 1225)

Hadrian’s Villa (ca 125-134 AD)

Infernal Beasts Come Out of the Abyss (ca 950-955)

Creation of Eve (ca 1150; Byzantine)

Moses reads the law to the Israelites (ca 840)

Alexander the Great (detail; 1st century; Pompeii)

Moon Pyramid, Trujillo, Peru (detail of bas relief)

ancient Egyptian funeral practices (facsimile by Chas Wilkinson)