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This pilgrim ampulla shows two military saints (George and Demetrios) on one side and a depiction of the body of Christ lying in the Holy Sepulcher on the other

Obv.: Bust of Maurice Tiberius facing, in cuirass and helmet with plume, circlet in front and pendilia. Holds globe cruciger in r. hand. Over l. shoulder, fold of paludamentum. In field r., star.
Rev.: Angel standing, facing. holding long staff…

The Madaba Map is a floor mosaic that contains the oldest surviving cartographic depiction of the Holy Land. It dates to the 6th century and is found at the Church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan. The presence and absence of various monuments has…

This painting is considered to be in the "Maniera Greca."

Folio from a manuscript of Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa 'iq al-ash'ar (The Free Men's Companion to the Subtleties of Poems) by Muhammad ibn Badr al-Din Jajarmi: Treasurer, money changer, courier and jeweler; tent, pavilion, drum, and banner; lion, onager,…

From “Croniques abregies commençans au temps de Herode Antipas, persecuteur de la chrestienté, et finissant l'an de grace mil IIc et LXXVI”

Full manuscript: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b550069168/f1.item

In the style of the first half of the 15th century

This map of the Holy Land appears in Matthew Paris' Chronica Majora vol. 1, written and illustrated by Paris.

You can see the full manuscript here: https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/rf352tc5448

Cut from a single block of marble, an inscription reads: "In fulfillment of a vow and for the salvation of the most glorious Anastasia." The style of the ciborium supports a date of the 6th century, which has allowed it to be identified with a noble…

393 CE