The earliest Christian art bears strong resemblance to earlier traditions in iconography and technique. Following the legalization of Christianity by the emperor Constantine the Great in 313, however, Christian patrons began commissioning more ostentatious works with explicitly Christian scenes.
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Early Byzantine
later 5th to 6th Century
limestone
BZ.1935.12
Early Byzantine
Late 4th-early 5th century
mosaic on mortar
BZ.1938.72
Early Byzantine
5th century
mosaic
BZ.1938.75.b
Early Byzantine
5th century
bronze
BZ.1940.18.1
Early Byzantine
5th century
bronze
BZ.1940.18.2
Early Byzantine
5th century
bronze
BZ.1940.18.3
Early Byzantine
5th century
bronze
BZ.1940.18.4
Early Byzantine
4th century
silver
BZ.1940.24
Early Byzantine
later 5th to 6th Century
limestone
BZ.1940.59
Early Byzantine
later 5th to 6th Century
limestone
BZ.1940.60
Early Byzantine
later 5th to 6th Century
limestone
BZ.1943.6
Early Byzantine
Second Half of 4th - 5th Century
ivory
BZ.1947.8
Roman
late 4th-5th Century
bronze with silver inlays
BZ.1950.14
Late Roman
ca. 320-340
marble
BZ.1959.3
Early Byzantine
ca.403-408
bronze
BZ.1960.88.5608
Early Byzantine
4th-5th century
bronze
BZ.1962.15
Roman
Early 4th Century
rock crystal
BZ.1963.6
Early Byzantine
Medallion: 324; Pendant: ca. 370-390
gold
BZ.1970.37.1&2
Early Byzantine
Second half 4th Century (possibly 360-80)
gold and gems
BZ.1975.1
Early Byzantine
Medallion: 321; Pendant: ca. 370-390
gold
BZ.1975.6.1-2
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