Medieval Manuscripts and Sculpture Oct. 16, 2012

Santa Sabina Rome, Notre Dame Cathedral Amiens, c

Icon of Christ, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, 6 th century CE c Riace warrior, ca. 450 BCE

Messianism: Maitreya & Jesus

How is religious imagery altered when it comes into contact with a group that has a different idea of art?

1. Northern European Art before Christianity

Helmet and sword hilt from Sutton Hoo ship burial, 7 th century

Unexcavated mound, south of England Outline of the Sutton Hoo ship, excavated in 1939

Oseberg ship burial, c. 825

Purse lid, Sutton Hoo ship burial, 7th century

Coins from purse, Sutton Hoo ship burial, 7th century

Purse lid and detail, Sutton Hoo ship burial, 7th century

Riace Warrior, ca. 450 B.C.E.

Hinged clasp, Sutton Hoo ship burial, 7 th century

Hinged clasp, detail, Sutton Hoo ship burial, 7th century

Mosque Lamp, Egypt or Syria, ca. 1340

II. The Introduction of Christianity--manuscripts

Rossano Gospels, 6 th century, Apostle Mark, fol. 121 r

Medieval pen types: quill, and reed

Rossano Gospels, 6 th century, Apostle Mark, fol. 121 r

Rossano Gospels, 6 th century, fol. 3 r

Book of Kells, early 9th century, fol. 34 r Rossano Gospels, 6 th century, fol. 3 r

Book of Durrow, Carpet page, 2 nd half of the 7 th century Hinged clasp, detail, Sutton Hoo ship burial, 7th century

Detail, chi rho, Book of Kells, early 9th century, fol. 34 r Detail from a hanging bowl, Sutton Hoo ship burial, 7th century

Hinged clasp, detail, Sutton Hoo ship burial, 7th century Carpet page from the Lindisfarne Gospels, before 698 f. 2 verso

III. Celtic Gospel Books

The Lindisfarne Gospels, before 698 f. 2 verso, f. 3 recto

Matthew ’ s Gospel Evangelist—symbol or portrait Carpet page: page of decorative designs Text: Liber generationis English: The book of generations Matthew 1:18: Christi autem generatio ” “ Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way ” Christi abbreviated as chi rho

Book of Lindisfarne, f 25v and 26 r, before 698

The Lindisfarne Gospels, before 698, f 26 v and 27 r

The Lindisfarne Gospels, before 698, f 28 v and 29r

Chi rho, sarcophagus

Symbols of the Four Evangelists, Book of Kells, early 9th century, f. 27 v and f. 28 r

Matthew and Liber generationis, Book of Kells, early 9th century, f. 28 v and 29 r

List of Christ ’ s genealogy from Luke, f. 200v, similar to f. 29 v through 32 r, Book of Kells, early 9 th century

Christ and carpet page, Book of Kells, early 9th century, f. 32 v and 33 r.

Chi rho Book of Kells, early 9th century, fol. 33 v and 34 r

Detail, Chi rho page, Book of Kells, 34 r, early 9 th century

Book of Kells, early 9 th century, fol. 34 r The Blessing Christ, 1st half of the 6th century

IV. Romanesque Sculpture

Trumeau Souillac, France, c. 1125

Book of Durrow, Carpet page, 2nd half of the 7th century Trumeau detail, Souillac, France, c. 1125

Plan, Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c East end with radiating chapels, Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c

Moissac Cloister, figure of Durandus the abbot, ca. 1100

Tympanum, Autun Cathedral, France, c. 1130

Plan of Autun Cathedral, France, c. 1130

Eve, lintel, Autun Cathedral, France, c. 1130

Capitoline Venus, Roman, ca. 200 (Rome Capitoline)

V. Gothic Sculpture and stained glass A coda

Notre Dame, Chartres,

Window with Virgin and Child, Notre Dame Chartres, c. 1230

Annunciation, Chartres Cathedral, c Annuniation, Notre Dame, Reims Cathedral, ca

Eve, lintel, Autun Cathedral, France, c Virgin Mary, Notre Dame, Reims Cathedral, ca. 1230

Adam and Eve and the Annunciation, Très riches heures of the Duke of Berry, Limbourg Brothers, , Musée de Condé, Chantilly France

Chi rho Book of Kells, early 9th century, fol. 34 r Eve, lintel, Autun Cathedral, France, c. 1130