Thursday, November 19, 2015

Early Medieval Europe

11-13 Esquestrian portrait of Charlemagne or Charles the Bald
From Metz, France
Ninth century
Made of bronze
Potrait of a crowned emperor holding a globe. The symbol of world dominon



11-29 Crucifix commissioned by Archbishop Gero (Gero Crucifix)
From Cologne Cathedral, Germany
Painted wood
970
Ottonian period


11-6 Man ( symbol of Saint Matthew)
Folio 21 verso of the book Durrow 
Possibly from Iona, Scotland
660-680
Ink and tempera on parchment

11-18 Interior of the Palatine Chapel Charlemagne (looking east)
From Aachen, Germany
792-805
First vaulted medival structure north of the Alps

11-25A Column
Saint Michael's, Hildesheim
Bronze 
1015-1022


11-7 Cross-inscribed carpet page
Folio 26 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels
From Northumbria, England
698-721

11-24 Longitudinal Section (top) and plan (botton) of the abbey church of Saint Michael's
From Hildesheim, Germany
1001-1031
Entry on the side, Alternating piers and columns divide the space in the nave into vertical units

11-4A Aminal-head post
From Oseber

11-15A Psalm 44, Utrecht Psalter
820-835


11-10 High Cross of Muiredach (East face)
Monaster-boice, Ireland, 923
Made of sandstone


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