Early Medieval Art

Anglo-Saxon Art(insular art)

Fourth century – 1000 AD

Golden buckle, Sutton Hoo, England, 600-650, 5 ¼'', British Museum, London.

(replica)

Hiberno-Saxon Art

(insular art)

Fourth century– 1000 AD

-> manuscript

-> illuminated

manuscript

Page with a Man, symbol of St. Matthew, Gospel Book of Durrow. c.660-

680. 9 5/8 × 6 1/8”, Trinity College, Dublin.

Matthew Writing His Gospel, Lindisfarne Gospels. c. 715–725. 13 3/8 ×9 7/16”, British Library, London.

Cross Carpet Page, Lindisfarne Gospels (folio 26 verso). c. 715–

725. 13 3/8 × 9 7/16”, British Library, London.

-> interlace

-> animal style II

Chi Rho Iota Page, the Book of Kells. Late eighth or early ninth

century. 12 3/4 × 9 1/2”, Trinity College Library, Dublin.

Muirdach Cross, sandstone, c. 923, h. 18'; Monasterboice, County Louth, Ireland.

Carolingian Art

768 - 877

Palatine Chapel, Aachen. 792–805, Germany.

Section Drawing of the Palace Chapel of Charlemagne.

Left: Aachen; Right: San Vitale.

Left: Aachen; Right: San Vitale.

Page with St. Matthew the Evangelist, Coronation Gospels. Early 9th century.

12 3/4 × 9 7/8”, Schatzkammer, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Crucifixion with Angels, Lindau Gospels. c. 870–880. 13 3/4 × 10 3/8”, Pierpont

Morgan Library and Museum, New York.

-> Charlemagne

-> Franks

-> repousse

Back cover of Lindau Gospels.