EARLY MEDIEVAL ART in the West - OTTONIAN EMPIRE

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Otto I Presenting Magdeburg Cathedral to Christ,

Magdeburg Ivories - Wikipedia

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Bishop Bernward, Bronze doors, St. Michael’s Church,

Hildesheim, Germany | Doors of Bishop Bernward, made for the Abbey Church  of Saint Michael (1015) | Artsy

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Church of St. Cyriakus, Genrode

Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode - Wikipedia

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Page with Otto III Enthroned, Liuthar Gospels

Gospel Book of Otto III (article) | Ottonian | Khan Academy

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Page with Christ Washing the Feet of his Disciples, Aachen Gospel Book of Otto III

Germany | Page with Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples, Aachen Gospels  of Otto III (ca. 1000) | Artsy

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Cover of the Aachen Gospel Book of Otto III

Gospels of Otto III - Wikipedia

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illuminated manuscripts

hand-written books with painted decoration that generally includes precious metals such as gold or silver

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codex

A codex is a written manuscript bound together, typically on parchment or papyrus. Codices were the preferred format for longer writings in the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D., replacing scrolls and wax tablets. Codices allowed for writing on both sides of a page, made it easier to find specific passages, and could contain lengthy works.

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parchment /vellum

archment is a general term for an animal skin which has been prepared for writing or printing. Parchment has been made for centuries, and is usually calf, goat, or sheep skin. The term vellum from the French veau refers to a parchment made from calf

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carpet page

A carpet page is a full page in an illuminated manuscript containing intricate, non-figurative, patterned designs.[1] They are a characteristic feature of Insular manuscripts, and typically placed at the beginning of a Gospel Book. Carpet pages are characterised by mainly geometrical ornamentation which may include repeated animal forms.

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cloisonné

Cloisonné is the technique of creating designs on metal vessels with colored-glass paste placed within enclosures made of copper or bronze wires, which have been bent or hammered into the desired pattern

Chinese Cloisonné | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn  Timeline of Art History

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interlace

Interlace is a decorative element found in medieval art. In interlace, bands or portions of other motifs are looped, braided, and knotted in complex geometric shapes. metalwork such as brooches and belt buckles

Interlace (art) - Wikipedia

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Sutton Hoo, England

Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries, Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938

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Staffordshire Hoard

The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork. It consists of almost 4,600 items and metal fragments, amounting to a total of 5.1 kg of gold, 1.4 kg of silver and some 3,500 pieces of garnet cloisonné jewelry

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decorated initial / inhabited initial

Inhabited Initial: An initial letter that contains human or animal figures that are decorative only and bear no relation to the text.

Celebrating the letter 'I', for 'Inhabited Initial'

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Four evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)

Basilica News Agency - The symbols of the four Evangelists are explained as  follows: 🦅 The eagle is attributed to St. John the Evangelist because he  rises like an eagle in the

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monasteries

25 Beautiful Monasteries Around The World ~ Sacred Wanderings

a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.

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scriptorium (scriptoria)

Where Are the Scriptoria? | medievalbooks

A scriptorium was a room in a medieval monastery where scribes copied and illuminated manuscripts

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chi rho

Christian art is the Chi-Rho. It is created by superimposing the first two letters (XP) of the Greek word for Christ, ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ. The monogram, also called a “christogram”. Jesus Christ, but is also considered to be a common representation of the crucifixion scene

Chi-Rho – The Monogram of Christ – Ring of Christ

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Charlemagne

Charles in Charge - the low countries

Charlemagne was the ruler of the Carolingian Empire. He is important for ushering in the Carolingian Renaissance, spreading Christianity, and creating the concept of the "Divine Right of Kings."

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Aachen

It was a royal residence of the emperor Charlemagne, and it served as the principal coronation site of Holy Roman emperors and of German kings from the Middle Ages to the Reformation. 1 Holy Roman Emperors were crowned Kings of the Germans from 936 to 1531

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. It developed in the Early Middle Ages and lasted for almost a thousand years until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars

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Otto I (the Great)

History of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I (Otto the Great)

The first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the medieval forerunner of the modern state of Germany

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westwork

A westwork is usually broader than the width of the nave and aisles. It is sometimes used synonymously with narthex

westwork | Art History Glossary

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gold leaf

Gold leaf | Gilding, Decoration, Illumination | Britannica

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gospels

How Do We Know Who Wrote the Gospels in the New Testament?

The gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible, which tell the story of Jesus Christ's life and death

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