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Chapter 14
Early Medieval Art in Europe
A. THE MIDDLE AGES
B. THE BRITISH ISLES AND SCANDINAVIA
C. CHRISTIAN SPAIN
D. LANGOBARD ITALY
E. CAROLINGIAN EUROPE
1. Architecture
2. Books
F. SCANDINAVIA: THE VIKINGS
G. THE OTTONIAN PERIOD
1. Architecture
2. Sculpture
3. Books
Early Medieval Art in Europe
Fig. 14-1
Chi Rho Iota
page, Book of Kells
Fig. 14-2
Gummersmark
brooch, Denmark. 6th century. Silver gilt, height 5" (14.6 cm). Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen
Fig. 14-3
Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo burial ship, Suffolk, England. c. 615 - 30. Cloisonné plaques of gold, garnet, and checked enamel, length 8" (20.3 cm). The British Museum, London.
Fig. 14-4
Page with Lion, Gospel of Saint John, Gospel Book of Durrow, probably made at Iona, Scotland. c. 675. Ink and tempera on parchment, 95/8 x 511/16" (24.5 x 14.5 cm). The Board of Trinity College, Dublin, MS 57 (A.4.5), fol. 191v
Fig. 14-5
South
Cross, Ahenny, County Tipperary, Ireland. 8th century. Stone
C.
CHRISTIAN SPAIN top
Fig. 14-6
Church of Santa Maria de Quintanilla de las Viñas, Burgos, Spain. Late 7th century. View from the choir into the apse
Fig. 14-9
Cross, from the Church of Saint Giulia, Brescia, Italy. Late 7th–early 9th century. Gilded silver, wood, jewels, glass, cameos, and gold-glass medallion, 50 x 39" (126 x 99 cm). Museo Civico dell' Età Cristiana, Brescia
Fig. 14-12
Palace
Chapel of Charlemagne
Plan, Palace Chapel of Charlemagne
Fig. 14-13
Plan of the Abbey of Saint Gall (redrawn). c. 817. Original in red ink on parchment, 28 x 441/8" (71.1 x 112.1 cm). Stiftsbibliothek, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Cod. Sang. 1092
2.
Books top
Fig. 14-15
Page with Mark
the Evangelist, Book of Mark, Godescalc Evangelistary 781 - 83. Ink and colors on vellum, 12 1/2 x 8 1/2" (32.1 x 21.8 cm). Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Fig. 14-16
Page
with Matthew
the Evangelist, Book of Matthew, Ebbo Gospels. c. 816 - 35. Ink, gold, and colors on vellum, (26 x 22.2 cm). Bibliothèque Municipale, Epernay, France
Fig. 14-18
Crucifixion
with Angels and Mourning Figures, outer cover, Lindau Gospels. c. 870 - 80. Gold, pearls, and gems, 13 x 103/8" (36.9 x 26.7 cm). The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
F.
SCANDINAVIA: THE VIKINGS top
Fig. 14-20
Burial
Ship, from Oseberg, Norway. Ship c. 815 - 20; burial 834. Wood, length 75'6" (23 m). Vikingskiphuset, Universitets Oldsaksamling, Oslo, Norway
Fig. 14-21
Post
from the Oseberg burial ship. c. 815 - 20. Wood, length approx. 36" (92.3 cm). Vikingskiphuset, Universitets Oldsaksamling, Oslo, Norway
G.
OTTONIAN EUROPE top
1.
Architecture top
Fig.14-22
Church
of St. Cyriakus, Gernrode, Germany. Begun 961; consecrated 973
Fig. 14-23
Plan,
Church of St. Cyriakus
Fig. 14-24
Interior,
Church of St. Cyriakus
2.
Sculpture top
Fig. 14-25
Otto I Presenting Magdeburg Cathedral to Christ, one of a series of 19 ivory plaques known as the Magdeburg Ivories. c. 962 - 73. Ivory, 5 x 4" (12.7 x 11.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of George Blumenthal, l941
Fig. 14-26
Doors
of Bishop Bernward, Abbey Church of St. Michael, Hildesheim, Germany
Fig. 14-28
Gero
Crucifix, from Cologne Cathedral, Germany. c. 970. Painted and gilded wood, height of figure 6'2" (1.87 m)
3.
Books top
View the manuscript,
The Creation of the Waters and the Firmament, from the Aberdeen
Bestiary
Fig. 14-29
Otto
III Enthroned, Liuthar Gospels(Aachen Gospels). c. 1000. Ink and colors on vellum, 107/8 x 8" (27.9 x 21.8 cm). Cathedral Treasury, Aachen
Fig. 14-30
Page with Christ
Washing the Feet of His Disciples, Gospels of Otto III. c. 1000. Ink and colors on vellum, approx. 8 x 6" (20.5 x 14.5 cm). Staatsbibliothek, Munich
Fig. 14-31
Presentation page with Abbess Hitda and Saint Walpurga, Hitda
Gospels. Early 11th century. Ink and colors on vellum, 113/8 x 55/8" (29 x 14.2 cm). Hessische Landes-und-Hochschul-Bibliothek, Darmstadt, Germany
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