4. Early Christian 1 st to 6 th Century

5. Early Christian Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus c. 359 A.D. Marble 3'10" x 8' Vatican Grottoes, Rome

10. Encaustic panel painting of Madonna and Child, flanked by Saints Theodore and George and two angels. Perhaps made in Constantinople at beg. 7th c. A.D. (Sinai: St. Katherine's Monastery). 68.5 x 48 cm. Frontal saints are intense and flatened. The angels are more impressionistic. The style therefore adapts to the three levels of reality.

13. Miniature from the Four Gospels: Saint Mathew. Reims school, 845-882 (New York: Morgan Library M.728 f.14 v.). The Four Gospels were produced under the rule of Archbishop Hincmar of Reims (845-882), Europe's most powerful politician in the ninth century.