Early Medieval - 1 Anglo Saxon/Celtic 5 th -9th Sutton Hoo purse cover 630 Cloisonné Tipperary Cross 8 th Book of Durrow 7 th Book of Kells 9 th Tetramorph Viking Thor, Odin, Frigg, Valhalla Oseberg Ship Burial & post 9 th Rune stones 9 th Jelling Stone 10 th

Early Medieval 2 Carolingian 8 th -9 th Charlemagne Roland Aachen, Palace Chapel 9 th Odo of Metz monasticism St. Gall, Monastery 9 th, Coronation Gospels 8 th Ebbo Gospels 9th Linadau Gospels Book cover Tetra morphs Ottonian th 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 ce

Celtic Spain Italy Carolingian Ottonian

King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable

Beowulf ! epic 9 th in Old English

Celtic & Saxon

Frankish Fibula 5-7 th century silver gilt

Gummersmark Brooch Denmark 6 th century silver gilt height 5.75 “

MAP OF MEDIEVAL ENGLAND

Purse cover Sutton Hoo burial ship c length 8” Detail of millefiore →

cloisonné

Sutton Hoo

cloisonné

St. Patrick’s Bell Reliquary

Celtic Bookcover, bronze, 8 th century, 8”

Tipperary Cross 8 th century

Muiredach cross 10th century

The illuminated page codex folio parchment or vellum

Skellig Michael

Book of Durrow “carpet pages” 7 th century

Mark’s Gospel, Durrow 8th

Matthew, Durrow

The Book of Kells

XPI Chi Rho Iota

details

Tunc Crucifix and XPI, Kells

Both XPI

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 9 th runes

Dynna Stone 9-10th Gunnv � 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 8-9 th century (repainted)

Jelling Stone 10 th century

Jelling Stone, reverse

Urnes “animal style” 11 th century wood carving on Christian Church

CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE 8-9TH

B 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 8-9 th centuries

Charlemagne 9 th century left, 14 th century right

Charlemagne & the Song of Roland Chartres Cathedral, 12 th century

Aachen, Palace Chapel of Charlemagne By Odo of Metz 805 ce interior

Charlemagne chapel Ravenna 6 th - Aachen 9th

Charl emag ne 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, 9 th 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 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 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 gold, pearls & gems Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures,

Ottonian Europe Ottonian Europe

10-early 11 th centuries Henry I Otto I Otto II Otto III Henry II

Otto I Presenting Magdeburg Cathedral to Christ c of 19 ivory 5 x 4“ Christ, Saints, Otto I, ivory, 5x4”

Otto II 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 WESTWORK (façade) Germany begun 961 consecrated 973

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westwork

Church of Cyriakus, 961 Alternating Support System Alternating support system

Doors of Bishop Bernward 1015 Bronze Doors, St, Michael’s of Hildesheim c ’ 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 11 th century