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Early Byzantine Art: Objects of Veneration and Devotion Archangel Michael Diptych well • •
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Stylistic difference: diptych, two ivory carved panels hinged together Christians adapted the practice for religious use. They would inscribe a diptych with the names of people to be remembered with prayers during Mass. The Greek inscription on the top reads “Receive these gifts, and having learned the cause…”