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In Byzantine context, a sacred image could exist in many media, from panel painting to mosaic, textile, ivory, metal and gemstone.

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can-use-medium
Mosaic
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
can-use-medium
Fresco
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
can-use-material
Ivory
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
can-use-material
Steatite
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← preserves-context-for
Mount Sinai / Saint Catherine’s Monastery
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← classifies
Healer’s Medicine Box
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory
← can-form
Ceramic
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← can-form
Gemstone
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← can-form
Marble
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← covers
Icon Revetment
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← can-display
Templon
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← argues-for
John of Damascus
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
can-represent
Saint Matthew
example-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← functions-as-attribute-in
Scroll
qualified-source-backed · Smarthistory
← supports-depiction-of
Incarnation Argument for Images
source-backed · Smarthistory, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← distinguishes-veneration-from-worship-for
Proskynesis and Latreia
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smarthistory
may-use-attribute
Censer
source-backed · Smarthistory
← can-display
Iconostasis
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← preserves-context-for
Sinai Preservation Context
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icons and Iconoclasm in Byzantium
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