ARTH 101-910

 
European Art & Civilization before 1400
Professor: Helft
Lecture 11: Early Medieval

1. Gunnersmark Brooch, silver, 6th cent. CE, Denmark (Celtic-Germanic).
2. Purse Cover from Sutton Hoo, gold, enamel and garnets, 625-633 CE, England (Hiberno-Saxon).
3. Book of Durrow, illuminated manuscript, c. 650-700 CE, Ireland (Hiberno-Saxon).
4. Carpet Page, Lindisfarne Godpels, c. 700 CE, England (Hiberno-Saxon).
5. Chi Rho page Book of Kells, illuminated manuscript, 8-9th cent. CE, Ireland (Hiberno-Saxon).
6. Ship’s head, wood, c. 800-850 CE, Oseberg, Norway (Viking).
7. ceremonial axe, bronze with silver and gold inlay, c. 950-975 CE, Denmark (Viking).
8. Rune Stone, c. 987 CE, Denmark (by Harald Bluetooth)(Viking).
9. Tipperary Cross, 7th-8th cent. CE, Ireland (Hiberno-Saxon).
10. map of Carolingian empire.
11. reconstruction drawing of the Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, 792-805 CE, Aachen, Germany (Carolingian).
12. interior view of the Palace Chapel at Aachen, 792-805 CE, Germany.
13. copy of plan for St. Gall, original- ink on parchment, c. 817 CE, St. Gall, Switzerland (Carolingian).
14. St. Matthew, from the Coronation Gospels, illuminated manuscript, c. 800-810 CE, Vienna (Carolingian).
15. left: St. Mark from Ebbo Gospels, illuminated manuscript 816-840 CE, France right: St. Matthew from Ebbo Gospels (Carolingian).
16. Cover of the Lindau Gospels, gold, pearls and gems, c. 870-880 CE, (Carolingian).
17. Plaque of Otto I (Magdeburg Ivories), ivory, 962-973 CE, (Ottonian).
18. Cross of Gero, wood, c. 975-1000 CE, Cologne (Ottonian).
19. plan and elevation of St. Michaels, c. 1001-33 CE, Hildesheim, Germany (Ottonian).
20. bronze doors of Hildesheim Cathedral, c. 1015 CE, Hildesheim, Germany (Ottonian).
21. plan of Hildesheim bronze doors.
22. interior of St. Cyriacus, c. 961, Gernrode, Germany (Ottonian).
23. left: Christ washing the Feet of his disciples right: St. Luke, both from the Gospels of Otto III, illuminated manuscript, c. 1000 CE, Germany (Ottonian).
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