Maps and Illustrations
- 1.1Plan of the centre of the pilgrimage site of Abu Mina 14
- 1.2Plan of the 6th century phase of the double baths at Abu Mina, indicating the separation of the two suites 18
- 1.3Plan of the southern hemicycle at Abu Mina 20
- 1.4Plan of the peristyle complex at Abu Mina 22
- 1.5Plan of the Justinianic phase of the baptistery of the main church at Abu Mina 24
- 1.6Plan of the western complex at Abu Mina. The larger font is located in the bottom right corner of this plan, and the earlier smaller font in the small room directly to the northwest 27
- 1.7Plan of the central church of Mahūra-al- Qiblī with two baptismal fonts 28
- 1.8Selection of female figurines from Abu Mina 33
- 2.1Representation of a lion from the residential district of Porphyreon 57
- 2.2Representation of a lamb standing among generic plants from the basilica of Porphyreon. In the upper right corner, tracing of the representation 57
- 2.3Representation of an antelope or a gazelle nibbling a plant from the residential district of Porphyreon 58
- 2.4Representation of a peacock among plants which was likely located above an arch or semi dome of an apse in the basilica of Porphyreon 58
- 2.5Representation of a partridge pecking on a plant from the basilica of Porphyreon. The plaster continues on the right-hand side of the ashlar, meaning that the representation was located to the left of some kind of opening in the wall 59
- 2.6Face of one of voussoirs from an arch found in the basilica of Porphyreon whose face was decorated with the inhabited scrolls motif. Here a representation of a partridge pecking on a bunch of grapes 60
- 2.7Two fragments of wall paintings with inhabited scrolls motif featuring rushing dog (left) and a small rooster pecking on grapes (right). The representation comes from the basilica and likely constituted a frieze-like decoration 61
- 2.8Representation of three ripe pomegranates set amid foliage from the basilica of Porphyreon 61
2.9Fragmentary depiction of a jeweled cross set on decorative base from the basilica of Porphyreon 62 - 3.1Christian pilgrimage sites in Ephesus 79
- 3.2The hill in Pamucak with the remaining ruins 80
- 3.3Schematic ground plan of the Pamucak pilgrimage site 83
- 3.4View to the west into the nave. Foreground: the crypt below the church 84
- 3.5Fluted capital, Pfeifenkapitell 84
- 3.6Mosaic of the south aisle and marble floor of the nave 85
- 3.7View inside the crypt to the west 87
- 3.8Staircase from the crypt to the church 89
- 3.9Eastern side of the building complex: gallery and entrance seen in the foreground, crypt in the background 90
- 3.10The northern part of the gallery with the remains of the vaults 90
- 5.1MMS Folio Image 1 139
- 5.2MMS Folio Image 2 140
- 7.1Narrative elements of type 1 and type 2 accounts of the Conflict of 446/1054-5 184
- 7.2Descriptions of Empress Theodora in Ibn Khallikān, Ibn Muyassar and al-Dhahabī 190
- 9.1Distribution map of Byzantine Sgraffito 231
- 9.2Distribution map of Byzantine Sgraffito Ware in Sicily (M. Randazzo) 232
- 9.3Circulation of Byzantine tableware from Macedonian to Palaiologan period 233
- 9.4a) Palermo 237
b-d) Messina 237
e) Paternò 237
f-h) Piazza Armerina/Casale 237