1. Early Medieval c. 5th century - 1400 CE Carolingian Empire: c. 768-877 Ottonian Empire: c. 919-1002

2. Early Medieval Burial Ship, Osberg, Norway c. 815-20 Wood, length 75’6” Post, from Osberg Burial Ship. Wood approx 36”

3. Early Medieval

4. Scythnian Lion-head finial, Kul Oba, Russia. Gold and bronze.

5. Early Medieval Purse Cover, from Sutton Hoo burial ship, Suffolk, England. c. early 7th century. Cloisonné and enamel, length 8”

6. Other treasures from Sutton Hoo Early Medieval

7. Silver Helmet from the Sutton Hoo burial ship

8. Celtic cross, Ahenny, Tipperary, Ireland, late 8th century. Granite. Early Medieval

9. “High” Crosses

10. Early Medieval South Cross of Ahenny, Ireland, 8th century, stone. Approx. 7’

11. Vocabulary: scriptoria (singular: scriptorium) Early Medieval

12. Two pages from the Gospel Book of Durrow, Iona, Scotland, c. 650. Ink and tempera on parchment. Each page 9.5”x6.125” Gospel of Matthew: left, Gospel of Mark, right

13. Early Medieval Tunc Crucifixerant XPI, from the Book of Kells, late 8th or early 9th century. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, 9 1/2" x 13".

14. Early Medieval Chi Rho Iota page, from the Book of Kells, probably from Iona, Scotland. Late 8th or early 9th century. Ink and pigment on vellum.

15. Early Medieval Book of Kells: Evangelists page Matthew= Angel (or Man) Mark= Lion Luke= Ox John= Eagle

16. Early MedievalCarolingian Europe 8th - 9th centuries “What scripture is to the educated, images are to the ignorant.” -- Pope Gregory the Great (Papacy 590 – 604)

17. Plans: San Vitale, 6 th cent - Aachen 9 th cent Early Medieval Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, exterior view

18. Early Medieval Odo of Metz - architect, interior of Charlemagne's palace chapel, Aachen, c.800

19. Early Medieval San Vitale, Ravenna 6 th cent - Aachen 9 th cent

20. Early Medieval Plan of the St. Gall Monastery Switzerland. Early 9th century

21. 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 Early Medieval

22. Court School of Charlemagne, Christ Blessing, from the Godescalc Gospels, 781-783. Gold and silver on vellum, 12" x 8 1/4".

23. Early Medieval Godescalc Evangelistary: St. ????? c. 781-83. Ink, gold and pigment on vellum, 12.5” x 8.5”

24. Early Medieval Four Evangelists, from a Carolingian Gospel book, palace chapel school, Aachen, early 9th century. Matthew= Angel (or Man) Mark= Lion Luke= Ox John= Eagle

25. Early Medieval Lindau Gospels (cover), c. 870-80. Gold, pearls, sapphires, garnets and emeralds, 13.75” x 10.5”

26. Early Medieval Ottonian Empire c.1000

27. Restored abbey church of St. Michael's, Hildesheim, c. 1001-1031

28. Early Medieval Doors of Bishop Bernward, from St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany. 1015 CE, Bronze, height 16’6”

29. Early Medieval Doors of Bishop Bernward: Temptation and Fall and The Crucifixion

30. Early Medieval Doors of Bishop Bernward: Expulsion from Paradise