Now Byzantine icons look both ancient and modern.

In the mid-15th century a cult developed in connection with ancient Byzantine icons.

A room on the top floor of the mansion contains a collection of 16th- and 17th-century Byzantine icons.

The interior houses a Byzantine icon from the 12th century.

The result is something close in spirit to the Byzantine icon.

And its collection of Byzantine icons now numbers around 2,000, the world's largest.

Byzantine icons are also derived from the encaustic panel painting tradition.

The scene was used in a number of contexts in medieval art, including Byzantine icons.

Byzantine icons do not break with the ancient Greek feeling for the human figure but carry it on.

Encaustic largely ceased to be used after the early Byzantine icons.