An art historian explains the controversies in the Byzantine ... images in the 8th and 9th centuries, I consider Miller’s statement a challenge to how students might study religious imagery at all.

Coins from the hoard were minted by the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Phocas (A.D. 602 to 610) and Emperor Heraclius (A.D. 610 to 641). All of ... the images of his sons also ...

As a historian of Byzantine ... over sacred images in the 8th and 9th centuries, I consider Miller’s statement a challenge to how students might study religious imagery at all.