Early Medieval Art

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Early Medieval Art
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Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial
(Suffolk, England), c. 625, gold, glass, and
enamel cloisonné with garnets and emeralds
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art of migratory people/ predatory subject
matter/ interlaced pattern
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Cross and carpet page from the Lindisfarne
Gospels (Northumbria, England), c. 698-721,
tempera on vellumHiberno-Saxon, or Insular/
Celtic cross with a transom
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use of serpents, dragons, and other fantastic
animals
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rubrum (entry in red)/ minium/ incipit and
explicit
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varied styles within the Book of Lindisfarne/
sacred act of copying images/ amarius and a
scriptorium
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Chi-rho-iota page from the Book of Kells (Iona,
Scotland), late eighth or early ninth
centuryuse of abbreviations/ chi-rho iota/
curves and ripples
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inclusion of human and animal shapes
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High Cross of Muiredach (Monasterboice, County
Louth, Ireland), 923large mass and scale/
church above the transom/ wheel and the circle
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Animal head post, from the Oseberg ship burial
(Norway), c. 825, woodVikings/ fusion of
interlaced pattern and the animal form/ gruesome
rituals of human sacrifice/Odin, Thor, and Freya/
Valhalla/ stave church
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Two views of the Oseberg ship (Oslo)
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Left Wood carved portal of the stave church at
Urnes, Norway, c. 1050-1070Below drawing of a
stave church
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Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne (Metz,
Germany), early ninth century
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Saint Matthew from the Coronation Gospel Book of
Charlemagne (Aachen, Germany), c. 800-810, ink
and tempera on vellumCharlemagne and Aachen
(Aix-la-Chapelle)/ reliance on prototypes for
artistic inspiration (i.e. the Mediterranean
style)/ Caroline minuscule
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Saint Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels (Hautvillers,
near Reims, France), c. 816-835, ink and tempera
on vellumclassical calm replaced by a frenzy of
energy
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Saint Luke from the Ebbo Gospels (Hautvillers,
near Reims, France), c. 816-835, ink and tempera
on vellum
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Illustrations to Psalms 43 and 44, from the
Utrecht Psalter, c. 820-32 CE
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Cover of the Psalter of Charles the Bald (St.
Denis, France), c. 865, ivory panel set in
silver-gilt with filigree work and precious
stonesrich, decorated surfaces/ continued
intellectual and artistic endeavors during the
Carolingian period
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Left front cover of the Lindau Gospels, c. 870,
goldBelow back cover
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Odo of Metz. Interior of the Palatine Chapel of
Charlemagne (Aachen, Germany), 792-805modeled
after San Vitale/ second-storied throne
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