Beschreibung:
<jats:p>In Early Christian and Byzantine pictorial cycles there is nothing like the typological order found in Western churches of Medieval times. Instead the context of OT settings in Byzantine art shows a different relation between OT and NT. It is caracterized by a continuum which makes the OT tradition a very important part that is not surpassed by the NT. Furthermore OT and NT are part of a history that has its telos in the future. This thesis and its implications for Byzantine art is laid out in this paper and has to be validated by further research.</jats:p>