Acknowledgements

Unless otherwise stated, the images are the author’s own. The following images have been reproduced with permission:

Cover image

Saint Thecla with Wild Beasts and Angels, Egyptian, 5th century CE Limestone, 3¾ × 25½ inches (9.5 × 64.8 cm). By kind permissions of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 48–10. Photo: Jamison Miller

Figure 1.3

Empress Ariadne, c. AD 500. Courtesy of Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Figure 2.1

© The Trustees of the British Museum

Figure 2.2

© The Trustees of the British Museum

Figure 2.3

© The Trustees of the British Museum

Figure 3.1

Nave. Rome, Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. © 2011. Photo Scala, Florence

Figure 3.4

© The Trustees of the British Museum

Figure 5.1

© RMN / Les frères Chuzeville

Figure 6.3

Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. Plut. 9.28, c. 95v. Courtesy of Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Italy. Any further reproduction prohibited.