Early Medieval and Romanesque Art

Chi Rho Iota page, Book of Matthew, Book of Kells

Iona, Scotland (?) late 8th or early 9th century. Oxgall inks and pigments on

vellum, 9 1⁄2”w x 12 3⁄”4h(14-1)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/upload/e/ee/KellsFol034rChiRhoMonogram.jpeg

Gummersmark Brooch

Denmark, 6th century. Silver gilt. Height 5 3/4”

(14-3)http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-02.jpg

Purse Cover from the Sutton Hoo burial ship, Suffolk, England. C. 615-25. Cloisonne plaques of gold, garnet, anda chedcked milllefiore enamel, L. 8” British Museum, London.http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-03-1.jpg

Detail of Purse Cover from Sutton Hoo. Norse Hawk attacking Celtic Duck.

http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-03-2.jpg

The Borgund Stave Church.Borgund, Norwayc. 1125–1150(14-11)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Borgund_stave_church.jpg (28 January 2012)

Map of Carolingian Europehttp://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-06-1.jpg

Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany. 762-805http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-06-2.jpg

Palace Chapel of Charlemagne(14-13)

http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-07-1.jpg

Palace Chaple of Charlemagne, Transverse barrel-vaulted bays

http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/html/ch-08-1.htm

Page with Matthew the Evangelist, Ebbo Gospels c. 816-40. Ink and colors on vellum 101/4” x 83/4”(14-18)

http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-10.jpg

Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures

Outer cover, Lindau Gospels c. 870-80 Gold, pearls, and gems 103/8”w x 133/4”h(14-19)

http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-11.jpg

Christ Enthroned with Saints and Emperor Otto I

One of a series of ivory plaques known as

the Magdeburg Ivories. German or North Italian

c. 962-63. Ivory plaque, 5 x 51/2”

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-12.jpg

Doors of Bishop Bernward

made for the Abbey Church of Saint Michael Cathedral Museum, Hildesheim Germany, 1015 (14-24)

Bronze, height 16’6”

http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-12.jpg

Detail Bishop Bernward Doorshttp://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/slides/08-13-3.jpg

Romanesque Europe

http://www.ou.edu./class/ahi1113/html/ch-10-1.htm

Abbey Church of Saint-Foy Conques, Rouergue, France. Mid-11th12th century  

left, Abbey Church of Saint-Foy right, ‘pilgrimage plan’ of the Abbey

Reliquary statue of Sainte-Foy

Made in Auvergne for Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy.

Late 9th–10th century(p462)

Christ in Majesty

detail of apse painting from the Church of San Clemente, Tahull, Lerida, Spain. 1123(p468)

Church of San Clemente, Tahull, Spain. C. 1100

http://www.arrakis.es/~camui/taull.htm

Cathedral complex, Pisa, Tuscany, 1063–1350(15-11)

http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/j/x/jxf17/italy2001/Pisa%20cathedral%20inside1.JPG

Interior, Nave, Pisa Cathedral 1063–1100s

http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/j/x/jxf17/italy2001/Pisa%20cathedral%20inside1.JPG

Gislebertus. Last Judgement,

tympanum of the west portal, Cathedral of

Saint-Lazare, Autun, Burgundy, France.

1120-35

Virgin and Child

From the Auvergne region, France.

Oak with polychrome (15-27)

Page of facsimile showing Hildegard's Vision,Liber Scivias, 1150-1200

Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast

sections 47-48 of the Bayeux Tapestry, Norman-Anglo-Saxon embroidery. Linen with wool, 1066-82