Question
This figure is depicted in a series of nine silver plates produced during the reign of Emperor Heraclius, possibly to celebrate his victory over the Sasanians. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this figure who is surrounded by goats and sheep with Melodia in a Macedonian dynasty illuminated manuscript named for Paris. Scenes from this figure’s life decorate the ivory cover of a manuscript nicknamed for Queen Melisende (“meh-lee-SAHN-deh”).
ANSWER: King David [or Dāwīḏ] (The manuscripts are the Paris Psalter and Melisende Psalter.)
[10m] David plays his harp in a 6th-century artwork in this medium created at the Gaza synagogue. Artists from the Macedonian dynasty period produced gold-ground artworks in this form at the Daphni Monastery.
ANSWER: mosaics [accept floor mosaics; accept gold-ground mosaics]
[10e] The Macedonian “Romanos Group” may have created the Harbaville (“ar-ba-VEEL”) and Borradaile (“bore-ah-DIE”) ivories sculpted in this three-paneled form.
ANSWER: triptychs [accept Harbaville Triptych; accept Borradaile Triptych; prompt on polyptychs]
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