Giovanni di Paolo likewise avoided Florentine predilections and looked to Byzantine models for inspiration.

The dark interiors were illumined by frescoes of Jesus, Mary and the saints, often based on Byzantine models.

Pope Vitalian (657-672) established a schola cantorum to train ceremonial chanters, which was almost entirely "in imitation of its Byzantine model".

Itself derived from Byzantine and Italian models, Barcelona's code influenced legislation throughout northern Europe.

And, naturally, there are icons, with gold or silver frames, in which the holy figure tends to retain all the sobriety of its Byzantine model.

Virginal looking, a perfect example of the Early Muscovite style based on Byzantine models, it is a diminutive single-domed church with delicate stucco detailing.

Churches started to be built on the Byzantine model.

These compositions are simple and monumental, often with an iconography that is original and distinct from Byzantine models.

The Virgin is portrayed with a crown of angels, according to a Byzantine model.

The Romanian rulers chose the Byzantine model of government, and Wallachia was from the start an absolute monarchy.