Early Medieval Art in Europe and the Far Reaches of the Silk Routes

Cloisonné

Technique characterized by wires soldered onto a metal base, the areas created are filled with polished stones or enamel

Purse cover form Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England, 625 CE

Colophon

Inscription usually on the last page that gives information about the book’s manufacture

Symbol of Saint Matthew in the Book of Durrow, 660 - 680, Scotland

Chi-rho-iota (XPI) page, Book of Kells, late 8th c. - early 9th c., Scotland

St Matthew, Lindisfarne Gospels, 698 - 721, Northumbria, Scotland

St Matthew, Coronation Gospels, Aachen, Germany, 800 - 810 CE

Coronation Gospels

Gospel Book of Charlemagne

Saint Matthew, Ebbo Gospels, 816 - 835, Hautvilliers, France

Ebbo Gospels

Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims

Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, 792 - 805, Germany

San Vitale, 526 - 547, Ravenna

Westworks

Western entrance structure

Abbey Church of St Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1001 - 1031

Bronze doors of Abbey Church of St Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 1015

Saint Matthew, Gospel Book of Otto III, 997 - 1000