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Detail of the so-called sarcophagus of Stilicho, depicting the three young Jews refusing to worship the statue of the king of Babylonia, Nebuchadnezzar II, and thus being sentenced to death into the fiery furnace (Daniel 3:1-56).

Late Antique sarcophagus depicting a beardless Jesus Christ seated and flanked by two rows of six Apostles, probably during a sermon. A small four-footed animal, possibly a lamb, is at Christ's feet. The lid is shaped in the form of pitched roof with…

Late Antique sarcophagus depicting a beardless Jesus Christ seated and flanked by two rows of six Apostles, probably during a sermon. A small four-footed animal, possibly a lamb, is at Christ's feet. The lid is shaped in the form of pitched roof with…

Drawing of the chancel and the chorus screens inside the basilica of St. Clement in Rome, commissioned by Pope Hormisdas and by Pope John II respectively. The slabs are framed by small pilasters bearing a phytomorphic pattern and they are decorated…

Detail of the front of the red-porphyry sarcophagus of Constantia Augusta, later St. Constance, daughter of the Emperor Constantine the Great. The front, like the three other sides, is decorated with garlands and grape vines, large acanthus scrolls…

Sarcophagus of St. Felix, Archbishop of Ravenna. On the front, two sheep approach the centre; it is decorated with stylized temples with round arches, featuring hanging polycandela; the scene is framed by columns and chandeliers at both sides. In the…

Opus sectile pavement from the Monastery of Stoudios in Constantinople, dedicated to St. John the Baptist. It features a geometrical pattern, combining rectangular panels and frames to a grid made of intertwined ribbons, forming round and square…

Detail of the marble opus sectile pavement at Pantokrator monastery complex. The revetment is located in the passage from the Imperial mausoleum dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel to the Southern church (Katholikon), and in the northern sector of…

Altar front from Constantinople or Ravenna. The decoration is similar to the decoration of Early Byzantine sarcophagi. It includes both architectural forms (arches, pediments and columns) and symbols relating to salvation and eternal life (scallop…

Altar front from Constantinople or Ravenna. The decoration is similar to the decoration of Early Byzantine sarcophagi. It includes both architectural forms (arches, pediments and columns) and symbols relating to salvation and eternal life (scallop…

Altar front from Constantinople or Ravenna. The decoration is similar to the decoration of Early Byzantine sarcophagi. It includes both architectural forms (arches, pediments and columns) and symbols relating to salvation and eternal life (scallop…

Early-Byzantine sarcophagus re-used at the end of the 7th c. AD to deposit the body of Theodorus, Archbishop of Ravenna. It features a vaulted lid bearing apocalyptic crosses and a Christogram surrounded by wreaths. The front of the casket is…

Rome, Cemetery - Basilica of S. Agnes outside the walls, on the street Nomentana and basilica of Honorius I.

Mausoleum of Theodoric, external view

Rome: Cemetery - basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the walls, at the street Tiburtina and the basilica Pelagiano - onoriana.

St Lawrence outside the walls, attempt of graphic reconstruction

Rome, Cemetery - basilica at the Prenestina street

Rome, Cemetery - basilica of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus at the Labicana street.

Rome: Basilica of Maxentius, in the Roman forum. Its construction began in 308 under the emperor Maxentius and was completed by Constantine I in 312, after the defeat of Maxentius at the battle of the Milvian Bridge. The building consisted of a…

Mausoleum of Theodoric, external view