Unit 6: Medieval Worlds and Early Christianity (Latin West, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic)

Catacomb of Priscilla. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. 200-400CE. Excavated tufu and fresco

Basilica of Santa Sabina. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. 422-432CE. Brick and stone, wooden roof.

Illuminated Manuscripts from the Vienna Genesis. Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, Jacob Wrestling the Angel. Early Byzantine Europe. Early 6th century CE. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum).

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George. Early Byzantine Europe. 6th or early 7th century CE. Encaustic on wood.

Merovingian Looped Fibulae. Early Medieval Europe. Mid 6th century CE. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones.

Lindisfarne Gospels. Saint Luke Portrait Page, St. Matthew Cross-Carpet Page, St. Luke Incipit Page. Early Medieval (Hiberno Saxon). Europe. 700CE. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).

Justinian Mosaic Panel from San Vitale. Mosaic.

Theodora Mosaic Panel from San Vitale. Mosaic.

San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. 526-547CE. Brick, marble, and stone veneer.

Hagia Sophia. Constantinople (Instanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isodorus of Miletus. 532-537CE. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.

Bayeux Tapestry. Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). 1066-1080CE. Embroidery on linen.

Reliquary of Sainte Foye. 9th century CE, with later additions. Gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood. Conques, France. Romanesque Europe.

Church of Sainte Foye. Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. 1050-1130CE. Stone.

Tympanum from Church of Sainte Foye. Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. Stone and paint. 1050-1130CE. The Last Judgement.

Chartes Cathedral. Chartes, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction: 1145-1155CE. Reconstructed: 1194-1220CE. Limestone.

Notre Dame de la Belle Verierre. Chartes, France. Gothic Europe. 1145-1220CE. Stained glass window from Chartes Cathedral.

Notre Dame Cathedral Royal Portals. Chartes, France. Gothic Europe. 1145-1220CE. Limestone. Great Portal of the West Facade.

Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France, Scenes from the Apocalypse from Bibles Moralisees. French. Gothic Europe. 1225-1245CE. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum).

Rottgen Pieta. Medieval Europe. Germany. 1300-1325CE. Painted wood.

Plague of Egypt from Golden Haggadah. Late Medieval Spain. 1320. Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum).

Scenes of Liberation from the Golden Haggadah.

Preparation for Passover from Golden Haggadah.