Early Medieval - 1

Anglo Saxon/Celtic 5th-9th

Sutton Hoo purse cover 630

Cloisonné

Tipperary Cross 8th

Book of Durrow 7th

Book of Kells 9th

Tetramorph

Viking 800-1000

Thor, Odin, Frigg, Valhalla

Oseberg Ship Burial & post 9th

Rune stones 9th

Jelling Stone 10th

Early Medieval 2Carolingian 8th-9th

Charlemagne

Roland

Aachen, Palace Chapel 9th

Odo of Metz

monasticism

St. Gall, Monastery 9th,

Coronation Gospels 8th

Ebbo Gospels 9th

Linadau Gospels Book cover

Tetra morphs

Ottonian 10-11th

St. Michaels of Hildesheim 1015

Alternating support system

westwork

Bishop Bernward, Bronze doors

Gero Crucifix, Hitda Gospels

Gospel Book Otto III c. 1000

Early

Medieval

Europe

500ce - 1100ce

Celtic

Spain

Italy

Carolingian

Ottonian

King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable

Beowulf !

epic 9th in Old English

Celtic & Saxon

Frankish Fibula5-7th century

silver gilt

Gummersmark Brooch

Denmark 6th century

silver giltheight 5.75 “

MAP OF MEDIEVAL ENGLAND

Purse cover Sutton Hoo burial ship c.615-

30length 8”

Detail of millefiore →

cloisonné

Sutton Hoo

cloisonné

St. Patrick’s Bell Reliquary

Celtic Bookcover, bronze, 8th century, 8”

Tipperary Cross 8th century

Muiredach cross

10th century

The illuminated pagecodexfolio

parchment or vellum

Skellig Michael

Book of Durrow “carpet pages” 7th century

Mark’s Gospel, Durrow 8th

Matthew, Durrow

The Book of Kells 760-820

XPIChi Rho Iota

details

Tunc Crucifix and XPI, Kells

Both XPI

details

details

THE GERONA BEATUS

Spain, 975 ce•Illuminator : ENDE

•scribe: EMERITIUS

Scandinavia:

The Vikings

Denmark-

Sweden

c. 600 AD

Burial ship c. 815 – 20 Oseberg, Norway

wood

length : 75 ½ ‘

Animal Post c. 815 – 20 Oseberg, Norway

wood

The RÖk Stone, Sweden 9th

runes

Dynna Stone 9-10thGunnv�r, �XX?’s daughter, made a bridge in memory of her daughter xx? She was the most skilful girl in Ha�aland

a picture stone

Warrior Entering Valhalla, Gotland

Sweden

8-9th century

(repainted)

Jelling Stone 10th century

Jelling Stone, reverse

Urnes

“animal style”11th century wood carving

on Christian Church

CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE 8-9TH

B O O K SB O O K S• Charlemagne ordered simple, uniform, legible

Latin script

• Majuscules or CAPITALS were used for very formal text

• Minuscules or lower case were used for everyday writings

• Easy to read but no punctuation marks or spaces between words

Charlemagne 8-9th centuries

Charlemagne

9th century left, 14th century right

Charlemagne & the Song of Roland

Chartres Cathedral, 12th century

Aachen, Palace Chapel of Charlemagne

By Odo of Metz

805 ce

interior

Charlemagne chapel

Ravenna 6th - Aachen 9th

Charlemagne chapel

A page with Mark the Evangelist

Book of Mark

Godescalc Evangelistary (781 – 83)

ink and colours on valium

12 ½ “ x 8 ½ “

Monastery of St. Gall, Switzerland, 9th century

A page with Mark the Evangelist

Book of Mark

Godescalc Evangelistary (781 – 83)

ink and colours on valium

12 ½ “ x 8 ½ “

B O O K SB O O K S• Charlemagne ordered simple, uniform, legible

Latin script

• Majuscules or CAPITALS were used for very formal text

• Minuscules or lower case were used for everyday writings

• Easy to read but no punctuation marks or spaces between words

Carolingian ScriptCarolingian Script

Coronation Gospels 810, Matthew & John

Book of Mark

Godescalc Evangelistary (781 – 83)

ink and colours on valium

12 ½ “ x 8 ½ “

Book of Matthew

Ebbo Gospels c.816 – 35

I

nk, gold & colours on vellum 10 ¼ “ x 8 ¾ “

Ebbo verses Coronation 9th

a page with Matthew the Evangelist

Book of Matthew

Ebbo Gospels c.816 – 35

I

gold & on vellum 10 “ x 8 “

Outer Cover of the Lindau Gospels, c. 870-80 gold, pearls & gems

Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures,

OttonianOttonian Europe Europe

OttonianOttonian Europe Europe

10-early 11th centuriesHenry IOtto IOtto IIOtto IIIHenry II

Otto I Presenting Magdeburg Cathedral to Christ c.962 - 73

1 of 19

ivory 5 x 4“

Christ, Saints, Otto I , ivory, 5x4”

Otto II 973-83 -- Otto II Marries Theophana, Byzantine princess

Otto 11 & Theophana

Otto 111 – Gospel Book of Otto 111 c. 1000

Church of St, Michael’s of Hildesheim c. 1001-1031

WESTWORK

(façade)

Germany

begun 961

consecrated 973

apse

westwork

Church of Cyriakus,961

Alternating Support System

Alternating support system

Doors of Bishop Bernward 1015

Bronze Doors,

St, Michael’s of Hildesheim c. 1015

16’

Bishop Bernward

16’

Abbey Church of St. Michael,

Layout of door

Detail of doors:

Adam and Eve

Detail of doors:

Adam and Eve

Detail of doors:

Adam and Eve

Doors of Bishop Bernward 1015

Abbey Church of St. Michael, Hildesheim, Germany Bronze height 16 ½ ‘

Gospels of Otto III ink & color on vellum 8 x 6

Gospel of Otto III c. 1000, 13 x 9”

St. Luke, Gospel Book Otto III

Hilda Gospels

early 11th century