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1. Byzantine Art

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   Manuscript Illumination
   Byzantine manuscript production, particularly the creation of lavishly illustrated Gospel books, continued the traditions of late antique luxury bookmaking but infused them with iconic formality. Major stylistic developments include:
   The Scribal Frontispiece: A shift from simple portraits of the evangelist to complex theological diagrams embedded within the text margins, often featuring geometric shapes that violate [Euclidean principl…