Images
11th century
Crown of Constantine IX Monomachos
Enamel plaques and medallions on gold
1048 approx.
10 x 4.5 cm
Hungary, Budapest, Magyar Nemzeti Mωzeum
Byzantium
Three women dancing, a fourth woman playing a small drum
Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
1050 approx.
Italy, Roma, Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vat. gr. 747, fol. 90L906)
Byzantium, Greece
Myriam dancing
Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature
1050 approx.
Italy, Vatican, Biblioteca
Byzantium, Italy
Mariam and two other girls dancing
Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
1050 approx.
Italy, Roma, Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Cod. 746, fol. 194)
Byzantium, Greece, Israel
Two dancers at a wedding procession
Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
1050 approx.
Italy, Venezia, Biblioteca Marciana (gr. 479)
Byzantium
The dance of Myriam and the women of Israel
Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, tempera on vellum
1058 approx.
33 x 27 cm
Italy, Roma, Vaticano, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vat. gr. 752)
Byzantium, Israel
The sons and daughters of Job dining. Two male dancers in the foreground
Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature
1080 approx.
Egypt, Mount Sinai, Monastery of Saint Catherine
Byzantium
