Early Medieval Art in Europe and the Far Reaches of the Silk Routes (Sutton Hoo)

Cloisonné

A technique characterized by wires soldered onto a metal base; the areas created are filled with polished stones or enamel

This particular kind of technique … Black Sea, Caucasus or West Asia

Purse cover from Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England, 7th c. CE. Gold, glass, and cloisonné garnets.

Animal Interlace

Art of the Book

Illuminated manuscript that was a Tool of Christianization

Vellum

Illuminated manuscript

Colophon

an inscription, usually on the last page, giving information about the book’s manufacture

Scriptorium

Writing studio of a Monastery

Symbol of Saint Matthew (?), Book of Durrow, possibly from Iona, Scotland, 7th c. CE

Chi-rho-iota (XPI) page, Book of Kells, Iona, Scotland, late 8th or early 9th century CE

XPI- first three letters of Christ’s name in Greek

St Matthew, Lindisfarne Gospels, Northumbria, late 7th century to early 8th century CE

Combination of greek and latin text

Renovatio imperii Romani

Renewal of the Roman Empire (Charlemagne, charles the great)

St Matthew, Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book of Charlemagne), from Aachen, 9th c. CE

Saint Matthew, Ebbo Gospels (Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims), from Hautvillers(near Reims), France,

9th c. CE

Name, place and century of both

L: San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th c. CE

R: Palatine Chapel, Aachen, 9th c. CE

Westworks

Western Entrance Structure

Abbey Church of St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 11th c. CE

Double transept - eastern and western center of gravity

Bronze doors of the Abbey Church of St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany, 11th c. CE

Saint Matthew, Gospel Book of Otto III, tempera on vellum, late 10th c. CE