Mosaics & Glass
The archangel in tesserae and lead. Ravenna and Sicily, Venetian and Byzantine mosaic, stained glass from the great cathedrals to Victorian parish windows, and the light-dependent images that only work in the building they were made for.
Part of Saint Michael
15 moments in this segment.
- - Angels - Christ and angels mosaic - Sant'Apollinare Nuovo - Ravenna 2016. Sixth-century mosaic angels flanking Christ enthroned at Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna; the Ostrogothic-era imperial angel type that shaped later Michael iconography.
- - Christ and angels mosaic - Sant'Apollinare Nuovo - Ravenna 2016. Christ enthroned between four angels, mosaic of c. 520 at Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna.
- - Bode Museum Apse mosaic - Ravenna - 545 1316. Sixth-century apse mosaic from Ravenna, now in the Bode Museum, Berlin, showing an archangel in imperial court dress.
- - Archangel Michael at Sant'Apollinare in Classe, a detail. Detail of the sixth-century Michael mosaic at Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, labelled in Latin SCS MICHAHEL.
- - Archangel Michael on the triumphal arch at Sant'Apollinare in Classe. Sixth-century mosaic of the Archangel Michael on the triumphal arch of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna; modern photograph of a late-antique mosaic.
- - Turkey-03382 - Archangels Gabriel and Michael. Byzantine mosaic archangels in Istanbul, modern photograph; the Byzantine capital was the centre of the Michael cult, home to the Michaelion shrine.
- - Ravenna, Basilica di Sant Apollinare in Classe - 12518798335. Interior of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, showing the sixth-century apse and arch mosaics that include the archangels.
- - Stained glass window, sV, St Michael, Spurriergate, York. Stained-glass window at St Michael Spurriergate, York, photographed 2015; English medieval and later glass in a Michael-dedicated church.
- - St Michael, St George and the Virgin Mary in St Michael and All Angels' Church, Waddesdon. Stained glass showing Saint Michael with Saint George and the Virgin, St Michael and All Angels', Waddesdon.
- - Saint Michael Church (Kelleys Island, Ohio) - stained glass, St. Michael. Stained-glass window of Saint Michael in a parish church at Kelleys Island, Ohio; modern photograph of a Catholic devotional window.
- - Gawsworth, St. James' Church, Stained glass window - geograph.org.uk - 6990277. Stained-glass window depicting Saint Michael, St James' Church, Gawsworth, Cheshire.
- - The Byzantine Mosaics and Frescoes of the Chora Church. Smarthistory on the Chora Church in Istanbul, renovated around 1316-1321, whose programme includes archangels among its mosaic and fresco cycles.
- - San Vitale, Ravenna: Paradise and Power. Smarthistory on the sixth-century mosaics of San Vitale, the imperial visual language behind early Byzantine angel imagery.
- - A Thirteenth-Century Mosaic Icon from Sinai. Smarthistory examines a miniature mosaic icon of the Virgin Hodegetria at Saint Catherine's Monastery, built from gold tesserae set in wax.
- - Kempe Stained-Glass Window, St. Michael, Emmanuel Episcopal Church Boston. Charles Eamer Kempe stained-glass window of Saint Michael, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston; photographed 2025.