In the eighth to the ninth centuries, theologians and upper-class Byzantines debated the appropriateness of religious images. In 843, the veneration of images was restored and even enshrined as an identifying mark of Orthodoxy. Art made following the restoration of icons in 843 displays the codification of certain iconographic themes, as artists and patrons worked out the boundaries of acceptable religious imagery. The techniques, materials, and imagery of artistic works made in this period furthermore attest to Byzantium’s increased contact with surrounding powers—especially the Islamic world and western Europe—through cross-cultural diplomacy, trade, conflict, and cooperation.
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Byzantine
Late12th-early 13th century
enamel on gold
BZ.1936.20
Byzantine
12th century
bloodstone
BZ.1936.31
Byzantine
ca. 1110 - 1118
marble
BZ.1937.23
Middle Byzantine
Mid-11th century
marble
BZ.1938.62
Middle Byzantine
Second half of 10th century
ivory
BZ.1939.8
Middle Byzantine
Mid-10th century
ivory
BZ.1947.11
Byzantine
Before 1080
enamel on gold
BZ.1947.19
Byzantine
11th-12th Century
porphyry and colored marbles on marble
BZ.1949.2
Middle Byzantine
Second half of 10th century
ivory
BZ.1952.12
Byzantine
Second half of 10th or first half of 11th Century
bone and ivory on wood
BZ.1953.1
Byzantine
Late 6th-7th Century
gold
BZ.1953.12.96
Byzantine
10th to 11th Century
silver, gilding and niello
BZ.1965.2.1
Byzantine
Second half 10th to early 11th century
enamel on gold
BZ.1965.4
Byzantine
First half 10th century
gold with pearls
BZ.1994.3.1
Early Byzantine
First half 10th Century
gold with pearls
BZ.1994.3.2
Middle Byzantine
Late 10th century
ivory
BZ.1996.1
Byzantine, Middle Byzantine Period, ca. 843-1204 CE
Late 11th-12th Century
enamel on gold
BZ.1999.13a-b
Middle Byzantine
Mid-10th century
ivory
BZ.1937.18
Middle Byzantine
Mid-10th century
ivory
BZ.1937.7
Middle Byzantine
2nd half of 11th Century
tempera on vellum
BZ.1939.12
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