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Byzantine mosaics. 10th century mosaic of Virgin and Child on a gold ground in the former cathedral Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey. Byzantine mosaics are mosaics produced from the 4th to 15th [1] centuries in and under the influence of the Byzantine Empire. Mosaics were some of the most popular [2] and historically significant art forms ...
The pages were ornately decorated with gold paint and reddish-purple backgrounds. Prophet or Gospel Books. One of the earliest known illuminated New Testament manuscripts is the 6th-century Rossano Gospels.