Die Wandmalereien und Mosaiken des Byzantinischen Reiches sind hier bisher nur unzureichend bekannt. Anlässlich des Marburger Symposiums entstand dieser Band, der verschiedene Aspekte der byzantinischen Malerei vorstellt.

Sarkophagi are a group of monuments, which belongs to the core area of art and culture as well of the Imperial Roman as of the Early Christian and Byzantine Empire. In this volume of the »Repertorium der christlich-antiken Sarkophage« are published for the first time all the examples from Constantinople, the capital of the empire, as well as those in Asia Minor, in the provinces Syria, Palaestina and Arabia. This catalogue includes detailed descriptions and numerous illustrations. Introductions for each group put the material in a broader context.