Maps
Interactive map of sites, objects, buildings, and monuments in the galleries
Roman fort of Vindolanda
Ben Ezra Synagogue
Church of Santa Cristina
Church of St. Stephen at Kastron Mefa'a
Medicine box with Asklepios and Hygeia (approximate origin)
Three shepherds sarcophagus
Catacomb mosaic with Jonah
Symmachi-Nicomachi Diptych
Astrolabe of Prince 'Umar ibn Yusuf
Funerary miter of Henry VI
Bestiary with theological texts (approximate place of production)
Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
Vase with champlevé enamels
Drinking beaker with relief-cut decoration (approximate place of manufacture)
Sant'Apollinare in Classe
Pendants from the Pandhof Cemetery
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Mint for Byzantine coinage
Holy Sepulchre bread stamp
Avar treasure with drinking bowl
Ivory book-cover plaque (approximate place of production)
Silk fragments from Panopolis
Church of San Juan Bautista
St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim
L'Anse aux Meadows settlement
Lateran Basilica
Item: Lateran Basilica
Obelisk of Theodosius
Sant Quirze de Pedret
Virgin and Child sculpture (approximate place of production)
Standing guards with ornamented headdresses (approximate place of production)
West portal of Santa Maria de Ripoll
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Bell Shrine of St. Cuileáin
St. Ninian's Isle Treasure
Blue Qur'an
Hagia Sophia in Trebizond
Canterbury Tales manuscripts
Portable reliquary with carrying strap
Reliquary of St. Aemilian
Abbey church of Saint-Denis
Leda sarcophagus from Beth She'arim
Ethiopian psalter fragment
Plaque of St. Nicholas and Roger II
Steatite icon of St. George
Treasures from the tomb of Childeric I
Relics and coffin of St. Cuthbert
Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple period
Opus Anglicanum vestment
Great Mosque of Córdoba
Item: Great Mosque of Córdoba
The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries (cartoons)
Coin of Romulus Augustulus
Shrine of the Three Kings
Hebrew Bible commentaries
Hermitage of St. Neophytos
St. Francis panel by Gentile da Fabriano
Ethiopian Gospel book
Roman de la Rose manuscripts
Church of the All-Holy Mother of God, Asinou
Incomplete Friday mosque
Durbi Takusheyi grave goods
Cathedral of St. Dmitrii, Vladimir
Djenné-Djenno terracottas
Minbar from the Kutubiyya mosque
Silver plate with Shapur II (approximate place of production)
Sasanian ewer with dancing women (approximate place of production)
Tombstone of Katerina Ilioni
Cross of Herimann and Ida
Mina'i bowl with astrological imagery (approximate place of production)
Reliquary John the Precursor (approximate place of production)
Ivory of Romanos and Eudokia
Battersea Railway Bridge, Albion Quay, Battersea, London Borough of Wandsworth, London, Greater London, England, SW11 3RQ, Gran Bretaña
Item: Battersea Shield
Dura Europos Church
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Funerary relief of butcher and wife
Beth She'arim catacombs
Item: Beth She'arim catacombs
Magic mirror of Abu-l-Fadl Artuq Shah
Saint-Médard de Soissons Gospels
Mirror backs with chess players
Nurse's Qur'an
Oliphant with animals in vine scrolls (approximate place of production)
Portolan charts by Pietro Vesconte
Ceramic fragments from Kilwa Kisiwani
Longquan celadon wares (approximate place of production)
Benedictional of Aethelwold
Congregational synagogue of Toledo
Coins of Vladimir the Great
Approximate findspot of Marwan Ewer
Item: Rooster ewers
Earliest Christian Bibles (approximate place of production)
Hajj pilgrimage certificate (approximate place of production)
Bronze stag from Madinat al-Zahra'
Reliquary of St. Demetrios (approximate place of production)
Church of Hagios Demetrios, Thessaloniki
Enkolpion of St. Demetrios (possible place of production)
Polish coins with Hebrew inscriptions
Byzantine necklaces
Item: Byzantine necklaces
Aastrup Church
Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos
Mi'rajnama
Chora Monastery
Item: Chora Monastery
Astana cemetery figurines
Apse Mosaic at Germigny-des-Prés
Synagogue pavement from Hammat Tiberias
Church of Santa Maria Maggiore
Ivory panels with Paul and Thecla
Intaglio with Crucifixion (approximate place of production)
Textiles and wood from Niya
Shah-i-Zinda Complex, Shohizinda ko'chasi, Registan, Samarkand, Samarqand Tumani, Samarqand Region, 140100, Uzbekistan
Item: Shah-i Zinda tiled tombs
Hunnic fibula and horse trappings (approximate place of production)
Hypogée des Dunes, Rue du Père de la Croix, Pont-Neuf, Le Parc à Fourrage, Poitiers, Vienne, New Aquitaine, Metropolitan France, 86000, France
Hypogée des Dunes, Rue du Père de la Croix, Pont-Neuf, Le Parc à Fourrage, Poitiers, Vienne, New Aquitaine, Metropolitan France, 86000, France
Hagios Polyeuktos
Anicia Juliana's scientific codex
Pong Tuk, Thailand
Item: Virgin Mary in Siena
San Pedro de la Nave
Hagia Eirene, Constantinople, apse detail
Qarawiyyin Mosque-University
Silk with Sasanian shahanshah
Dandan-Uilik
St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
Icon of St. Peter, Mount Sinai
Icon with Theotokos and Child, Mount Sinai
Crucifixion icon, Mount Sinai
Porphyry column of Constantine
Islamicate glass find spot, Famen Temple
Approximate place of production for Islamicate glass at Famen Temple
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Item: Lucca's Volto Santo
Julia Latronilla's sarcophagus
Apocalypse Tapestry, Angers
Cappella Palatina, Palermo
Quadrilingual epitaph, Palermo
Miter of Bishop Kettil Karlsson, Linköping
Koimesis Church, Skripou
Pantokrator Monastery, Constantinople
Item: Milan Cathedral
Altneuschul, Prague
Item: Altneuschul in Prague
Palace and chapel at Aachen
Tomb chest with painted lid, St. George basilica, Prague
Church of St. Peter, Vatican Hill (Rome)
Islamicate incense burner
Plate-buckle with Daniel and Habakkuk; Musée d'Archéologie Nationale, St-Germain-en-Laye, no. 17698
Funerary busts from Palmyra
Bawit, Monastery of Apa Apollo
Galaktotrophousa at Saqqara
Isaac Mehab Synagogue, Córdoba
Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Tuscany, 58024, Italy
Item: Penis tree
Fonte del tordino, Via Fonte del Tordino, Ghirlanda, Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Tuscany, 58024, Italy
Item: Penis tree
Qur'an with Chinese clouds
Family of Emperor Michael II Palaiologos, Louvre MR416
Ivory diptych for Byzantine manuscript of Pseudo-Dionysios, Louvre MR416
Carolingian ruler statuette
Coin of Michael VIII Palaiologos
Hagia Sophia in Thessaloniki
Knight-snail-goat ornament
Scallop-shell pilgrim's badge (place of production)
Scallop-shell pilgrim's badge (approximate findspot)
Coin of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan
Syriac lectionary from Iraq
Coin of Manuel I Komnenos
Ardashir-Xwarrah (Firuzabad)
Gold-foil figures from Lundeborg
Gold-foil figure from Västra Vång
Scandinavian tombstone in London
Ringerike
Islamicate pen boxes and inkwells
Irish monk with bell and staff
Art of Hunting with Birds (approximate place of production)
Coin of Grand Prince Vasily I
Leprosarium of St. Mary Magdalen
Gujarati marble (place of production
Gujarati marble
Trier ivory
Mina'i beaker with narrative scenes
Scottish abbot's tomb slab
Lusterware bowl with Coptic priest
Sant'Ambrogio golden altar
Byzantine disk brooch from a Visigothic grave
Cow wearing glasses in Vienna
Tomb-shrine of St. Osmund, Salisbury Cathedral
Achilles scenes in England
Soltaniyeh, دهستان سلطانیه, بخش مرکزی, Soltanieh County, Zanjan Province, Iran
Item: Coins of Uljaytu
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem
Goslar, Landkreis Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Item: Otto III-Adelheid penny
Çelebi Sokak, Yeni, Iznik, İznik, Bursa, Marmara Region, 16860, Turkey
Item: Koimesis Church, Nicaea
Water clock by al-Jaziri
al-Jazari's Book of Ingenious Mechanical Devices
Hagioi Theodoroi in Vamvaka
Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander
Pieces of a bronze Constantine
Viking standard from Heggen church
Holy Spirit Hospital, Nuremberg
Refectory of St. Mary in Jehoshaphat
Silver bowl found in Oegstgeest
Great Lavra katholikon, Mount Athos
Statutes of a shoemakers' guild
Good and Bad Government in Siena
Sidi Bu Medyan complex
Silk robe from Central Asia (approximate location)
Church of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus, Constantinople
Ballycotton brooch-amulet
Martyrdom of the Franciscans fresco
Multilingual astrolabe from Spain
Missorium of Ardabur Aspar
Block-printed Mamluk textile fragment
Enamel plate for an Artuqid ruler
Enamel plate for an Artuqid ruler
Vessel with Hebrew inscription
Little Metropolis, Athens
Gravestone of a bubonic-plague victim
Theological Works of John VI Kantakouzenos
Hildegard of Bingen's Scivias
St. George with a cupbearer
Maps in Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages: Exploring a Connected World (Cornell University Press, 2022)
Chapter 1
Empire of Alexander "the Great"
Chapter 2
Byzantine Empire under Justinian
Chapter 3
Europe and the Mediterranean ca. 630
Western and Central Asia ca. 630
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Islamicate World and Byzantium ca. 900
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Pilgrimage Routes to Santiago de Compostela
Chapter 8
Islamicate World ca. 1185 to 1200
Eastern Mediterranean ca. 1180 to ca. 1250
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
All textbook maps by Jeff Allen.
