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Early Medieval Europe

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Early Medieval Sites in Europe

The Carolingian Empire at the death of Charlemagne in 814.

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Hiberno-Saxon Art (6th to 10th centuries)

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Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England, ca. 625. Gold, glass, and cloisonné garnets, 7 1/2” long. British Museum, London.

Belt buckle, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England, ca. 625. Gold, 5 1/4" long. British Museum, London.

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Viking ship burial, Oseberg, Norway, ca. 815–820. Wood, 70’ 10 3/8" long. Viking Ship Museum, University of Oslo, Bygdoy.

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Animal-head post, from the Viking ship burial, Oseberg, Norway, ca. 825. Wood, head 5” high. University Museum of National Antiquities, Oslo.

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Wooden portal of the stave church at Urnes,

Norway, ca. 1050–1070.

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Man (symbol of Saint Matthew), folio 21 verso

of the Book of Durrow, possibly from Iona,

Scotland, ca. 660–680. Ink and tempera on

parchment, 9 5/8” X 6 1/8”. Trinity College Library, Dublin.

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Cross-inscribed carpet page, folio 26 verso of

the Lindisfarne Gospels, from Northumbria,

England, ca. 698–721. Tempera on vellum, 1’ 1 1/2” X 9 1/4”. British Library, London.

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Saint Matthew, folio 25 verso of the

Lindisfarne Gospels, from Northumbria, England,

ca. 698–721. Tempera on vellum, 1’ 1 1/2” X 9 1/4”. British Library, London.

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Carolingian Art (9th century – present day France and Germany)

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Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne or Charles the

Bald, from Metz, France, ninth century. Bronze,

originally gilt, 9 1/2” high. Louvre, Paris.

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Saint Matthew, folio 15 recto of the Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book of Charlemagne), from Aachen, Germany, ca. 800–810. Ink and

tempera on vellum, 1’ 3/4” X 10”. Schatzkammer, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

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Saint Matthew, folio 18 verso of the Ebbo Gospels (Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims), from Hautvillers (near Reims), France, ca. 816–835. Ink and tempera on vellum, 10 1/4” X 8 3/4”. Bibliothèque Municipale, Épernay.

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Crucifixion, front cover of the Lindau Gospels,

from Saint Gall, Switzerland, ca. 870. Gold,

precious stones, and pearls, 1’ 1 3/8” X 10 3/8”. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.

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Crucifixion, front cover of the Lindau Gospels, from Saint Gall, Switzerland, ca. 870. Gold, precious stones, and pearls, 1’ 1 3/8” X 10 3/8”. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. DETAIL

West façade (left) and interior looking east (right) of the

Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany,

792-805.

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Restored plan (left) and cutaway view (right) of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany, 792–805 (John

Burge).

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Ottonian Art (10th century Germany)

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Westwork (left; with 12th-century apse) and nave (right; looking east) of the church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode, Germany,

961–973.

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Saint Michael’s (looking northwest), Hildesheim, Germany, 1001–1031.

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Longitudinal section (top) and

plan (bottom) of the abbey

church of Saint Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001–

1031.

Nave (looking east) of Saint Michael’s, Hildesheim, 1001–1031.

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Doors with relief panels (Genesis, left door; life of Christ, right door),

commissioned by Bishop Bernward for Saint Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1015. Bronze, 16’ 6” high. Römer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim.

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Column with reliefs illustrating the life of Christ, commissioned by Bishop

Bernward for Saint Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, ca. 1015–1022. Bronze, 12’ 6” tall.

God accusing Adam and Eve, detail of the left door of Saint Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1015. Bronze, 1’ 10 1/8” high. Römer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim.

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Otto I presenting Magdeburg Cathedral to Christ, from Magdeburg Cathedral, Magdeburg, Germany, 962–968. Ivory, 5” X 4 1/2". Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (gift of George Blumenthal, 1941).

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Christ blessing Otto II and Theophanu, 972–973. Ivory, 7 1/8” X 4”. Musée National du Moyen Age, Paris.

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Jesus washing the feet of Saint Peter, folio 237 recto of the Gospel Book of Otto III, 997–1000. Tempera on

vellum, 1’ 1” X 9 3/8”. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich. 30

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Otto III enthroned, folio 24 recto of

the Gospel Book of Otto III, from

Reichenau, Germany, 997–1000.

Tempera on vellum, 1’ 1” x 9 3/8”. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich.