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2. Title: Virgin with child Medium: silver gilt and enamel Size: 27 1/8 “ Date: 1339 Source/ Museum: Louvre Abbey Church of Saint-Dennis Inscription of the base gives date and name Royal families often purchased luxury figurines and statues for churches facial expression shows no sign of grief or worry. linen she is wearing drops folds of drapery that covers her whole body. The Christ child in her arms also shows no worry in his facial expression. Some believed the scepter contained hair from Mary herself. S curve of her body, ideally beautiful mother

3. Title: Page with Queen Blanche of Castile and Louis IX, Moralized Bible Medium: Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum Size: 15 x 10½" (38 X 26.6 cm) Date: 1226–34 Source/ Museum: Paris / The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. MS. M. 240, f.8 The dedication page of a moralized Bible Blanche of Castile and her son Louis enthroned beneath triple-lobed arches and miniature cityscapes that are reminiscent of the architectural canopies above the heads of contemporaneous French portal statues. Below, a monk dictates a sacred text to a scribe. Such books were produced in the workshops in which worked many specialized artists, scribes, and assistants.

4. Title: Abraham, Sarah, and the Three Strangers From the Psalter of Saint Louis Medium: Ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum Size: 5 X 3½" (13.6 X 8.7 cm) Date: 1253–70 The radiance of stained glass probably inspired the glowing color of the Psalter of Saint Louis. The painted architectural setting reflects the design of royal buildings such as Sainte-Chapelle. The elegant proportions, facial expressions, theatrical gestures, and swaying poses of the painted figures are characteristic of the mannered Parisian court style. 78 full-pages Who is being depicted, what story is being told?

5. Lodge books were an important tool to a master mason Used regularly so very few survive Use of geometric forms to help to copy and enlarge Variety of Images and lines to help direct readers First “HOW TO DRAW” book Artist: Villard de Honnecourt Title: Sheet of Drawings with Geometric Figures and Ornaments Medium: Ink on vellum Size: 9¼ X 6" (23.5 X 15.2 cm) Date: 1220–35 Source/ Museum: From Paris / Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

6. Artist: Jean Pucelle Title: Pages with Betrayal and Arrest of Christ and Annunciation Medium: Ink on vellumSize: 3.5x2.25 “Date: 1325-28 Grisalle- monocramatic painting with faint touches of colorsQueenJeane?

7. Title: Salisbury Cathedral Date: 1220–58; west façade finished 1265; spire c. 1320–30; cloister and chapter house 1263–84. Source/ Museum: Salisbury, England Salisbury Cathedral is an elegant Gothic edifice located in Salisbury, about 90 miles southwest of London. Built almost entirely in the 13th century, the cathedral boasts the tallest spire and the largest cloisters in England. The site attracts more than 500,000 visitors each year.London The tallest in England, it rises 404 feet tall and weights 6,400 tons. A climb of 332 steps up the tower

8. Title: Nave, Salisbury Cathedral Source/ Museum: Salisbury, England nave is striking for its great height unusual narrowness and strong visual rhythm due to the use of light grey Chilmark stone for the walls and dark polished Purbeck marble for the columns The entire length of the nave is in the Early English Gothic style of the early 13th century. It has three levels: a tall pointed arcarde, an open gallery and a small clerestory. Europe's oldest working clock (1386) is displayed in the north nave aisle home to the largest and oldest complete set of choir stalls in the country is close to Stonehenge

9. Title: Psalm 1 (Beatus Vir) from The Windmill Psalter Date: c. 1270–80 Medium: Ink, pigments, and gold on vellum Size: each page 12 ¾ X 8¾” “b” happy are those who don’t follow the counsel of the wicked” “b” is a large tree of Jesse, “e” holds the judgment of Solomon Other images and symbols

10. Title: Interior, Church of Saint Elizabeth Date: 1235–83 Source/ Museum: Marburg, Germany Her tomb made the church an important pilgrimage destination in the late Middle Ages earliest purely Gothic churches in German- speaking areas Hall church- made for the increasing importance of sermons

11. Title: Dormition of The Virgin Date: c. 1240 Source/ Museum: South transept portal tympanum, Strasbourg Cathedral, Strasbourg, France Mary lies on her death bed but christ has already received her soul Dramatic expression, large heads short bodies Grieve vividly Deep cut high reliefs Wet robes?