Early Medieval Study

Purse Cover (Early Medieval)

(ca. 625) from Sutton Hoo Burial in Suffolk, England

Anglo Saxon Style

Gold, Glass, and Enamel Cloisonne with garnets and emeralds

7 1/2”

Symbol of Purse Cover (Early Medieval)

Large-beaked birds attacking ducks

Interlacing animals

Cloisonne

Blue millefiore

Pyramids of Geometric Patterns

Heraldic Motif like Sumerian

Folio 21 verso of the Book of Durrow (Early Medieval)

(ca. 660-680) from Iona, Scotland

Ink and Tempera on Parchment

Man symbolizes St. Matthew

Oldest illuminated Gospel from Ireland or Britian

248 folios

Book of Durrow (Early Medieval)

(ca. 660-680) from Iona, Scotland

Celtic ornaments

Carpet Pages and Canon Table

Folio 25 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels (Early Medieval)

(ca. 698-721) from Northumbria, England

Classical influence in clothes and sandals

St. Matthew

Tempera on Vellum

Folio 34 recto of the Book of Kells (Early Medieval)

(Late Eighth or Early Nineth Century) from Iona Scotland

Chi-rho-iota Page

Tempera on Vellum

Initial Page

Interlacing colors and animal heads

Three Men

Cat and Mouse

High Cross of Muiredach (East) (Early Medieval)

(ca. 923) from Monasterboice, Ireland

Celtic cross with spoke-wheel design

Shows Last Judgement, Adoration of Magi, St. Michael weighing souls, Moses drawing water from a rock, David and Goliath, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel

Folio 5 verso of Beatus Apocalypse (Early Medieval)

(ca. 975) from Gerona Cathedral, Spain

Made by Emeterius (illustrator), Ende, Senior (scripter)

Mozarabic style

Illuminate Page

St. Luke

Parchment 400 × 280 mm

Viking Oseberg Ship (Early Medieval)

(ca. 825) from Norway, Viking

Oak with iron rivets

Burial chamber for two women

30 oarsmen

Animal-headed post

75’

Stave Church (Early Medieval)

(ca. 1125-1150) from Borgund, Norway

Norse Style

Window lighted

Nave and Two Aisle

Folio 15 Recto of the Coronation Gospels (Early Medieval)

(ca. 800-810) from Aachen, Germany

Classical Influence

St. Matthew

Classical Influence

Impasto Technique of Piling on Paint

Author Portrait

Chiaroscuro of Color and Light not Lines

Ink and Tempera on Vellum

Folio 18 verso of the Ebbo Gospels (Early Medieval)

(Early Nineth Century) from Hautvillers, France

Carolingian Style

St. Matthew

Linear, Curves, Curvilinear, Energized, Rapid Brushwork

Utrecht Psalter in Folio 25 Recto (Early Medieval)

(ca. 820-835) from Hautsvillers, France

Now in Utrecht University Library

Psalms 44 Verse

Ink on Vellum

Classical Style with Linear Vitality of Ebbo Gospels

Front Cover of Lindau Gospels (Early Medieval)

(ca. 870) from St. Gall, Switzerland

Crucifixion

Cabochons Gem

Elements of Classical and Byzantine styles

Bernward Doors (Early Medieval)

(ca. 1015) from Hildesheim, Germany

Doors with Relief panels of:

Genesis on the left with Offerings of Cain and Abel with Abel death

Life of Christ on the right with Adam and Eve accused by God

“In the year of our Lord, 1015 Bishop Bernward installed the doors”

Commissioned by Bishop Bernward

Bronze 16’6”

Christ Column (Early Medieval)

(ca. 1015-1022) from Hildesheim, Germany

Column with Reliefs showing Life of Christ

Ottonian Style

Trajan Column Influence

28 Scenes of Jesus life from Baptism to entry of Jerusalem

Dense Composition, Large Figures in Small Places

Commissioned by Bishop Bernward

Expressionistic

Gero Crucifix (Early Medieval)

(ca. 970) from Cologne Cathedral, Germany

Sacred Reliquary in Head

Commissioned by Archbishop Gero

Horror style of Crucifixion

6’2”

Otto I Presents Magdeburg Cathedral to Christ (Early Medieval)

(ca. 962-968) from Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ivory Plague

Magdeburg Ivories

Ottonian Style

5 × 4 1/2”

Raising of Lazarus (Early Medieval)

(ca. 962-968) from Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ivory Plague

Magdeburg Ivories

Ottonian Style

Lazarus

Christ Washing Disciples’ feet in Aachen Gospels of Otto III (Early Medieval)

(ca. 1000) from Reichenau

Now in Bavarian State Library Munich

Luther Group of Gospels

Ink, Gold, and Colors on Vellum

13” x 9 ½ “