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Detail of a page from the Madrid Skylitzes, 12th century. Theophilus with his bodyguard outside the church of Blachernae, dispensing justice to a widow who has approached him with a complaint. Two priests look on from the church door. The Emperor's Varangian Guard was made up of foreigners - Franks, Russians, Germans and Vikings. Produced by the Greek historian John Skylitzes, the Synopsis of Histories is a manuscript chronicling the history of the Byzantine Empire from the death of Nicephorus I in 811 until the deposition of Michael IV in 1057. The Madrid Skylitzes is a version of the chronicle, produced in Sicily in the 12th century Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

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Detail of a page from the Madrid Skylitzes, 12th century. Theophilus with his bodyguard outside the church of Blachernae, dispensing justice to a widow who has approached him with a complaint. Two priests look on from the church door. The Emperor's Varangian Guard was made up of foreigners - Franks, Russians, Germans and Vikings. Produced by the Greek historian John Skylitzes, the Synopsis of Histories is a manuscript chronicling the history of the Byzantine Empire from the death of Nicephorus I in 811 until the deposition of Michael IV in 1057. The Madrid Skylitzes is a version of the chronicle, produced in Sicily in the 12th century Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

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Werner Forman Archive / Heritage Images /Alinari Archives, Florence

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Spain, Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional

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Heritage Images /Alinari Archives, Florence

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3835 X 2797
Image sizes (cm at 300 dpi):
32 X 23
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4.29
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RGB