Artist: n/a Title: Europe of the Early Middle Ages

Title: Eagle brooch, one of a pair Medium: Gilt, bronze, crystal, garnets, and other gems Size: Height 5⅜" (14.3 cm) Date: 6th century Source/ Museum: Spain / The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Title: Cross Medium: Gilded silver, wood, jewels, glass, cameos, and gold-glass medallion of the third century Size: 50 X 39" (126 X 99 cm) Date: Late 7th–early 9th century Source/ Museum: Church of Saint Giulia, Brescia, Italy / Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia

Title: Purse Cover, from the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship Medium: Cloisonné plaques of gold, garnet, and checked millefiore glass Size: length 8" (20.3 cm) Date: First half of 7th century Source/ Museum: Suffolk, England / The British Museum, London

Artist: n/a Title: Chi Rho Iota page, Matt. 1:18 from the Book of Kells Medium: Oxgall inks and pigments on vellum Size: 12 ¾ X 9½" (325 X 24 cm) Date: Late 8th or early 9th century (c. 800 AD) Source/ Museum: Probably made at Iona, Scotland / The Board of Trinity College, Dublin. MS 58, fol. 34r.

Artist: n/a Title: Chi Rho Iota page, Matt. 1:18 from the Book of Kells

Artist: n/a Title: Cats and Mice with Host. Detail of Chi Rho Iota page, Matt.1:18, Book of Kells Medium: Oxgall inks and pigments on vellum Size: 12 ¾ X 9½" (325 X 24 cm) Date: Late 8th or early 9th century Source/ Museum: Probably made at Iona, Scotland. / The Board of Trinity College, Dublin. MS 58, fol. 34r.

Page + detail

Detail from Book of Kells

Another page from the Book of Kells

Artist: n/a Title: Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, interior view Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 792–805 Source/ Museum: Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), Germany

Artist: n/a Title: Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, interior view Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 792–805 Source/ Museum: Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), Germany CF San Vitale, Ravenna

Artist: n/a Title: Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, interior view Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 792–805 Source/ Museum: Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), Germany

Artist: n/a Title: Reconstruction drawing of the Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen (Aix-La-Chapelle), Germany. 792–805 Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a

Artist: n/a Title: Abbey Church of Saint Riquier, Monastery of Centula, France, dedicated 799 Medium: Engraving Size: n/a Date: dated 1612, after an 11th-century drawing Source/ Museum: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Artist: n/a Title: Plan of the Abbey of Saint Gall (Redrawn), c. 817. Original in red ink on parchment, 28 X 44⅛" (71.1 X 112.1 Cm). Stiftsbibliothek, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Cod. Sang. 1092

Artist: n/a Title: Page with Mark the Evangelist, Gospel of Mark, Godescalc Gospel Lectionary Medium: Ink, gold, and colors on vellum Size: 12½ X 8½" (32.1 X 21.8 cm) Date: 781–83 Source/ Museum: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. MS lat. 1203, fol. 16

Artist: n/a Title: Page with Matthew the Evangelist, Gospel of Matthew, Coronatinon Gospels Medium: n/a Size: 12 ¾ X 9⅞" (36.3 X 25 cm) Date: Early 9th century Source/ Museum: Kunsthistorische Museum, Vienna Title: Page with Matthew the Evangelist, Gospel of Matthew, Ebbo Gospels Medium: Ink, gold, and colors on vellum Size: 10 ¼ X 8¾" (26 X 22.2 cm) Date: Second quarter of 9th century Source/ Museum: Bibliothèque Municipale, Épernay, France. MS 1, fol. 18v.

Artist: n/a Title: Page with Psalm 23, Utrecht Psalter Medium: Ink on vellum or parchment Size: 13 X 9⅞" (33 X 25 cm) Date: Second quarter of 9th century Source/ Museum: Universiteitsbibliotheek, Utrecht, Holland. MS 32, fol. 13r.

Artist: n/a Title: Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures, outer cover, Lindau Gospels Medium: Gold, pearls, sapphires, garnets, and emeralds Size: 13¾ X 10⅜" (36.9 X 26.7 cm) Date: c. 870–80 Source/ Museum: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. MS 1

Artist: n/a Title: Otto I Presenting Magdeburg Cathedral to Christ Medium: Ivory Size: 5 X 4½" (12.7 X 11.4 cm) Date: c. 962–68 Source/ Museum: One of a series of seventeen ivory plaques known as the Magdeburg Ivories, possibly carved in Milan / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941 (41.100.157)

Artist: n/a Title: Church of Saint Cyriakus Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Begun 961; consecrated 973 Source/ Museum: Gernrode, Germany

Artist: n/a Title: Nave, Church of Saint Cyriakus Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a

Artist: n/a Title: Gero Crucifix Medium: Painted and gilded wood Size: height of figure 6'2" (1.88 m) Date: c. 970 Source/ Museum: Cologne Cathedral, Germany

Artist: n/a Title: Gero Crucifix Medium: Painted and gilded wood Size: height of figure 6'2" (1.88 m) Date: c. 970 Source/ Museum: Cologne Cathedral, Germany Cf Lindau gospels we saw earlier

Artist: n/a Title: Doors of Bishop Bernward Medium: Bronze Size: height 16' 6" (5 m) Date: 1015 Source/ Museum: Made for the Abbey Church of Saint Michael, Hildesheim, Germany

Artist: n/a Title: Schematic Diagram of the message of the Doors of Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a

Bishop Bernward doors, Hildesheim Adam and Eve reproached by the Lord

Bishop Bernward doors: presentation of Jesus at the Temple

Artist: n/a Title: Page with Otto III Enthroned, Liuthar Gospels (Aachen Gospels) Medium: Ink, gold, and colors on vellum Size: 10⅞ X 8½" (27.9 X 21.8 m) Date: c. 996 Source/ Museum: Cathedral Treasury, Aachen

Artist: n/a Title: Page with Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples, Aachen Gospels of Otto III Medium: Ink, gold, and colors on vellum Size: approx. 8 X 6" (20.5 X 14.5 cm) Date: c. 1000 Source/ Museum: n/a