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List of figures List of contributors Foreword Introduction: The Emergence and Character of Early Christian Art Robin M. Jensen Part I: Media Catacomb Painting and the Rise of Christian Iconography in Funerary Art Norbert Zimmermann Christian Sarcophagi from Rome Jutta Dresken-Weiland Early Christian Sarcophagi outside of Rome Guntram Koch Freestanding Sculpture Heidi J. Hornik Christian Wall Mosaics and the Creation of Sacred Space Sean V. Leatherbury Christian Floor Mosaics: Modes of Study and Potential Meanings Rina Talgam Gold Glass in Late Antiquity Susan Walker Engraved Gems and Amulets Jeffrey Spier Reliquaries and the Cult of Relics in Late Antiquity Erik Thunø Ceramics in the Early Christian World John J. Herrmann, Jr. and Annewies van den Hoek Panel Paintings and Early Christian Icons Katherine Marsengill Christian Ivories: Containment, Manipulation, and the Creation of Meaning Niamh Bhalla Textiles: The Emergence of a Christian Identity in Cloth Jennifer L. Ball Early Christian Silver: Sacred and Domestic Ruth Leader-Newby Early Christian Illuminated Manuscripts Dorothy Verkerk Part II: Themes Early Christian Art and Ritual Michael Peppard Picturing the Passion Felicity Harley-McGowan Miracles and Art Lee M. Jefferson "Secular" Portraits, Identity, and the Christianization of the Roman Household Mark D. Ellison The Mosaics of Ravenna Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis Early Christian Art and Archaeology in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Rome Janet Huskinson "Early" "Christian" "Art" Robert Couzin Index