Category:6th Century

Merovingian kings. Dynasty of Clovis. From 511 to 638.

Statue, Merovingian, kings, Clovis 1er, Chlotilde, Childebert 1er, Chlotaire 1er, Charibert, Chlotaire II,

Merovingian kings. The Puppet Kings from Merovingian kings. The beginnings of the Korolingian Empire

Iona, the Sacred Isle. The Isle of the Druids.

Iona, Island, Staffa, Clamshell Cove, scotland,

The ancient Gaelic name of Iona was unis nan Druineach, the Isle of the Druids. The Westminster Abbey of Scotland.

Glastonbury Abbey in the county of  Somerset, England.

Glastonbury, Abbey, Remains, Great Tower, England

The memories of the British Inyswytryn, the Saxon Glaestingburge, the modern Glastonbury, or as it was sometimes called the isle of Avalon

Monasteries and Cloisters as Centres of learning and Culture.

Irland, Monastic, Tara, statue, St. Patrick,

The history of monasticism reveals the fact that In every field of thought and activity this institution wrought good and evil.

Anglo Saxon ornaments. Fibula, Pendant, Pin and Buckle.

Anglo Saxon, Fibula, Buckle, Pin, ornaments

Fibula of gold and bronze. Pendant or bulla of gold. Pin and Buckle of of bronze. Discovered at Wingham, near Canterbury, in 1843.

Hunting scene of Sassanian Fabrics of the Middle Ages.

Sassanid, fabrics, middle ages, ornament, design,

During the reign of the Sassanids, who ruled the Neo-Persian Empire from 250-650 AD and were distinguished by their love of luxury, the arts, especially those of weaving, reached a high level of perfection.

Costumes of the Byzantine Middle Class. 400 A.D. – 1100 A.D.

Costumes, Byzantine, Middle Class, Fashion, history

Byzantine costume was the dress of the world after the fall of Rome.

Byzantium. Costumes of the Eastern Roman emperor and empress.

Byzantium, Eastern Roman, emperor, empress, costumes,

History of Costume. Byzantium. 400 – 1100 AD. Costumes of the Eastern Roman emperor and empress.

The Byzantine Ornament of Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Owen Jones, Byzantine, ornament, Sofia, Constantinople, Mosaics, Sta. Sofia,

The Byzantine style of art. The Romanesque style. Marble mosaic work. Examples of flowing foliage. Ornamental forms of ancient Persepolis. Ornamentation of the Middle Ages.

Byzantine Art. Mural, paintings, mosaics, and paintings from manuscripts.

Byzantine, ornaments, Art, mural, paintings, mosaics, paintings, manuscripts

Marginal paintings. Paintings in St. Sophia. Mosaics from Palermo. Enameled border. Paintings at Constantinople.