Vith Century Collection (#6)

Interior of the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy (engraving)
7185066 Interior of the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interior of the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy)

Depart de Galswinthe pour la Gaule (engraving)
7193980 Depart de Galswinthe pour la Gaule (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Depart de Galswinthe pour la Gaule)

Foundation of the Abbey of St Genevieve, Paris, in the reign of Clovis, King of the Franks (chromolitho)
7173055 Foundation of the Abbey of St Genevieve, Paris, in the reign of Clovis, King of the Franks (chromolitho) by French School

Pope Gregory I (chromolitho)
7173025 Pope Gregory I (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pope Gregory I (c540-604), miniature from a 12th Century manuscript

Belisarius refusing the crown of Italy, 538 (engraving)
7150845 Belisarius refusing the crown of Italy, 538 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Edwin I, King of Northumbria and his conversion to Christianity (colour litho)
7153520 Edwin I, King of Northumbria and his conversion to Christianity (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bodhidharma (5th - 6th century ) was a Indian Buddhist monk
7136552 Bodhidharma (5th - 6th century ) was a Indian Buddhist monk, and is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Zen. Figurine.; ePascal Deloche/Godong; out of copyright

Basilica of Sant Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna (engraving)
3647172 Basilica of Sant Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna (engraving) by Strassberger, Bruno Heinrich (1832-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Basilica of Sant Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna)

Clovis I imposing his will as King of the Franks (engraving)
3647156 Clovis I imposing his will as King of the Franks (engraving) by Neuville, Alphonse Marie de (1835-85) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Clovis I, King of the Franks (coloured engraving)
3622264 Clovis I, King of the Franks (coloured engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clovis I (461-511), King of the Franks.); © Look and Learn

Khosran II of Persia with Cross and dove, on his mechanical throne (colour litho)
3638271 Khosran II of Persia with Cross and dove, on his mechanical throne (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Khosran II of Persia with Cross and dove)

Clovis I, King of the Franks, entering Toulouse after defeating the Visigoths, 508 (engraving)
5233493 Clovis I, King of the Franks, entering Toulouse after defeating the Visigoths, 508 (engraving) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clovis I, King of the Franks)

St Augustine arriving in Kent, AD 597 (litho)
6015000 St Augustine arriving in Kent, AD 597 (litho) by Hardy, Paul (19th Century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Augustine arriving in Kent, AD 597)

Conversion of Ethelbert, King of Kent, to Christianity, Canterbury, c600 (litho)
6014701 Conversion of Ethelbert, King of Kent, to Christianity, Canterbury, c600 (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Conversion of Ethelbert, King of Kent)

Sainte Radegonde et Fortunatus. St Radegund and the poet Venentius Fortunatus, 6th Century (engraving)
6029296 Sainte Radegonde et Fortunatus. St Radegund and the poet Venentius Fortunatus, 6th Century (engraving) by Hamon, Jean Louis (1821-74); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bronze figure of Victory, 6th Century (engraving)
5207516 Bronze figure of Victory, 6th Century (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bronze figure of Victory, 6th Century)

St Maurus gives Florus his habit (chromolitho)
1093835 St Maurus gives Florus his habit (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Maurus gives Florus his habit)

St Gregory sends missionaries to England, 596 (chromolitho)
1093816 St Gregory sends missionaries to England, 596 (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Gregory sends missionaries to England, 596)

Charibert I, Frankish King of Paris (engraving)
969117 Charibert I, Frankish King of Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charibert I (c517-567), Frankish King of Paris

Childebert I, Frankish King of Paris (engraving)
969115 Childebert I, Frankish King of Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Childebert I (496-558), Frankish King of Paris

St Genevieve (colour litho)
1092329 St Genevieve (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Genevieve. Patron saint of Paris)

St Jestin ab Geraint (coloured engraving)
821965 St Jestin ab Geraint (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Jestin ab Geraint)

Interior of the Basilica of Sant Appolinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy (engraving)
3101241 Interior of the Basilica of Sant Appolinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Monogram of Theoderic the Great, King of the Ostrogoths (engraving)
3101239 Monogram of Theoderic the Great, King of the Ostrogoths (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monogram of Theoderic the Great, King of the Ostrogoths)

Devotion in the 5th and 6th Centuries - Fasting and Prayer (gravure)
671687 Devotion in the 5th and 6th Centuries - Fasting and Prayer (gravure) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Devotion in the 5th and 6th Centuries - Fasting and Prayer)

Giant Standing Buddha, 5th-6th century (stone)
ALI259694 Giant Standing Buddha, 5th-6th century (stone) by Afghan School; Valley of the Buddhas, Bamyan, Afghanistan; (add.info)

Belisarius attacking the Ostrogoths in Rome, 536 (engraving)
3647169 Belisarius attacking the Ostrogoths in Rome, 536 (engraving) by Vogel, Hermann (1856-1918); Private Collection; (add.info.: Belisarius attacking the Ostrogoths in Rome, 536)

Alboin, King of the Lombards (engraving)
3647164 Alboin, King of the Lombards (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alboin, King of the Lombards (c530-572)

Les Statues Colossales Du Bamian (engraving)
2788941 Les Statues Colossales Du Bamian (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Statues Colossales Du Bamian)

Clovis I, Merovingian King of the Franks (engraving)
969114 Clovis I, Merovingian King of the Franks (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clovis I (c466-511), Merovingian King of the Franks

Byzantine costumes, first half of 6th Century (coloured engraving)
968816 Byzantine costumes, first half of 6th Century (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Byzantine costumes, first half of 6th Century)

Empress Theodora, wife of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (chromolitho)
972366 Empress Theodora, wife of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (chromolitho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Empress Theodora (c500-548)

Relic of the cloak of St Martin of Tours, time of Clovis I (chromolitho)
1093534 Relic of the cloak of St Martin of Tours, time of Clovis I (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Relic of the cloak of St Martin of Tours)

Fredegund, Queen Consort of Chilperic I, Frankish King of Neustria (colour litho)
976070 Fredegund, Queen Consort of Chilperic I, Frankish King of Neustria (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fredegund (d597)

Clovis I, King of the Franks (coloured engraving)
3646268 Clovis I, King of the Franks (coloured engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clovis I, King of the Franks (c466-511)

The Byzantine general Belisarius as an old man (engraving)
3647167 The Byzantine general Belisarius as an old man (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Byzantine general Belisarius (c505-565) as an old man

The Palace of Theoderic the Great in Ravenna (engraving)
3647160 The Palace of Theoderic the Great in Ravenna (engraving) by Strassberger, Bruno Heinrich (1832-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Palace of Theoderic the Great in Ravenna)

Former palace of Theoderic the Great, King of the Ostrogoths, in Ravenna, Italy (colour litho)
3100838 Former palace of Theoderic the Great, King of the Ostrogoths, in Ravenna, Italy (colour litho) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Mahomet
LLM454722 Mahomet by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mahomet. Illustration from Ogdens cigarette card series on Leaders of Men issued in 1924.); © Look and Learn

Une Villa Merovingienne. Villa of the Merovingian Franks (engraving)
6029297 Une Villa Merovingienne. Villa of the Merovingian Franks (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Une Villa Merovingienne)

Figure of a woman on the back of a horse, Mural painting in the Ajanta caves (number 1)
AIS5380564 Figure of a woman on the back of a horse, Mural painting in the Ajanta caves (number 1), Gupta period, 5th-6th century (painting) by Indian School, (5th century); Ajanta, Maharashtra

The horse of Alboin, King of the Lombards, falling as he enters the city of Pavia, 572 (engraving)
5229139 The horse of Alboin, King of the Lombards, falling as he enters the city of Pavia, 572 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The horse of Alboin)

St Columba made the sign of the Cross, and the great gates opened wide (colour litho)
5208328 St Columba made the sign of the Cross, and the great gates opened wide (colour litho) by Skelton, J. R. (1888-1924); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Columba made the sign of the Cross)

St Augustine (colour litho)
3620565 St Augustine (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Augustine.); © Look and Learn

Mahomets musicians (engraving)
3624356 Mahomets musicians (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mahomets musicians)

Departure of a Vandal fleet laden with booty from a sacked city (engraving)
3647158 Departure of a Vandal fleet laden with booty from a sacked city (engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info)

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The 6th century was a time of great historical significance, with events and figures that shaped the course of civilization. Emperor Justinian I, portrayed in a captivating drawing from "I misteri del vaticano" by Franco Mistrali in 1843, stands as a symbol of power and influence. His reign marked the height of the Byzantine Empire's glory. In contrast, the defeat and death of Didier of Toulouse before Carcassonne in 587 is depicted through an engraving. This event highlights the turbulent nature of this era, where battles for supremacy were fought on many fronts. Moving across continents to South America, we encounter Inca Viracocha from Tiahuanaco Classico (500-900 AD). This terracotta representation showcases the rich cultural heritage and artistic prowess prevalent during this period. The Staffordshire Hoard offers us glimpses into ancient craftsmanship with its reconstructed helmet elements made from gold and silver. These artifacts remind us of the wealth and intricate skills possessed by our ancestors. Pope Hormisdas (Ormisda), represented in another drawing from "I misteri del vaticano, " played a crucial role during his papacy (514-523) in shaping religious doctrines that would impact generations to come. The migration to Medina (Hijra) undertaken by Prophet Muhammad (570-632) alongside Abu Bakr is captured vividly. This significant journey allowed them to escape persecution in Mecca and laid the foundation for Islam's future growth. Boece (Boezio or Boetius), an Italian philosopher whose portrait can be found within Franco Mistrali's work, contributed greatly to medieval thought with his writings on various subjects including music theory and theology. Another depiction portrays Prophet Muhammad himself; this engraving provides insight into how he was perceived during different periods throughout history.