49. Page with Otto III Enthroned, Liuthar Gospels (Aachen Gospels)
50. Page with Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples, Aachen Gospels of Otto III
Editor's Notes
Artist: n/a Title: Europe of the Early Middle Ages Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Visigoth Eagle brooch, one of a pair Medium: Gilt, bronze, crystal, garnets, and other gems Size: Height 5 ⅜ ”V(14.3 cm) Date: 6th century Source/ Museum: Spain / The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Artist: n/a Title: Lombard Cross Medium: Gilded silver, wood, jewels, glass, cameos, and gold-glass medallion of the third century Size: 50 X 39" (126 X 99 cm) Date: Late 7th–early 9th century Source/ Museum: Church of Saint Giulia, Brescia, Italy / Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia
Artist: n/a Title: Purse Cover, from the Sutton Hoo Burial Ship Medium: Cloisonné plaques of gold, garnet, and checked millefiore glass Size: length 8" (20.3 cm) Date: First half of 7th century Source/ Museum: Suffolk, England / The British Museum, London
Artist: n/a Title: Page with Man, Gospel of Saint Matthew , Gospel Book of Durrow, Medium: Ink and tempera on parchment Size: 9 ⅝ X 6 ⅛ " (24.4 X 15.5 cm) Date: Second half of 7th century Source/ Museum: Probably made at Iona, Scotland, or northern England, / The Board of Trinity College, Dublin. MS 57 fol, 21v.
Artist: n/a Title: Page with Man, Gospel of Saint Matthew , Gospel Book of Durrow, Medium: Ink and tempera on parchment Size: 9 ⅝ X 6 ⅛ " (24.4 X 15.5 cm) Date: Second half of 7th century Source/ Museum: Probably made at Iona, Scotland, or northern England, / The Board of Trinity College, Dublin. MS 57 fol, 21v.
Artist: n/a Title: Chi Rho Iota page, Matt. 1:18 from the Book of Kells Medium: Oxgall inks and pigments on vellum Size: 12 ¾ X 9½" (325 X 24 cm) Date: Late 8th or early 9th century Source/ Museum: Probably made at Iona, Scotland / The Board of Trinity College, Dublin. MS 58, fol. 34r.
Artist: n/a Title: Cats and Mice with Host. Detail of Chi Rho Iota page, Matt.1:18, Book of Kells Medium: Oxgall inks and pigments on vellum Size: 12 ¾ X 9½" (325 X 24 cm) Date: Late 8th or early 9th century Source/ Museum: Probably made at Iona, Scotland. / The Board of Trinity College, Dublin. MS 58, fol. 34r.
Artist: Emeterius and Senior Title: Colophon Page, Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus and Commentary on Daniel by Jerome Medium: Tempera on parchment Size: 14¼ X 10 ⅛ " (36.2 X 25.8 cm) Date: Completed July 27, 970 Source/ Museum: Made for the Monastery of San Salvador at Tábara, León, Spain. / Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid. MS 1079B f. 167.v.
Artist: Emeterius and Ende, with the scribe Senior Title: Page with Battle of the Bird and the Serpent, Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus and Commentary on Daniel by Jerome (Detail) Medium: Tempera on parchment Size: 15 ¾ X 10¼" (40 X 26 cm) Date: Completed July 6, 975 Source/ Museum: Made for Abbot Dominicus, probably at the Monastery of San Salvador at Tábara, León, Spain / Cathedral Library, Gerona, Spain. MS 7[11], fol. 18v.
Artist: n/a Title: Reconstruction drawing of the Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen (Aix-La-Chapelle), Germany. 792–805 Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Plan of the Abbey of Saint Gall (Redrawn), c. 817. Original in red ink on parchment, 28 X 44 ⅛ " (71.1 X 112.1 Cm). Stiftsbibliothek, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Cod. Sang. 1092 Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Page with Mark the Evangelist , Gospel of Mark, Godescalc Gospel Lectionary Medium: Ink, gold, and colors on vellum Size: 12½ X 8½" (32.1 X 21.8 cm) Date: 781–83 Source/ Museum: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. MS lat. 1203, fol. 16
Artist: n/a Title: Page with Matthew the Evangelist, Gospel of Matthew, Coronatinon Gospels Medium: n/a Size: 12 ¾ X 9 ⅞ " (36.3 X 25 cm) Date: Early 9th century Source/ Museum: Kunsthistorische Museum, Vienna
Artist: n/a Title: Page with Matthew the Evangelist , Gospel of Matthew, Ebbo Gospels Medium: Ink, gold, and colors on vellum Size: 10 ¼ X 8¾" (26 X 22.2 cm) Date: Second quarter of 9th century Source/ Museum: Bibliothèque Municipale, Épernay, France. MS 1, fol. 18v.
Artist: n/a Title: Page with Psalm 23 , Utrecht Psalter Medium: Ink on vellum or parchment Size: 13 X 9 ⅞ " (33 X 25 cm) Date: Second quarter of 9th century Source/ Museum: Universiteitsbibliotheek, Utrecht, Holland. MS 32, fol. 13r.
Artist: n/a Title: Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures, outer cover, Lindau Gospels Medium: Gold, pearls, sapphires, garnets, and emeralds Size: 13¾ X 10 ⅜ " (36.9 X 26.7 cm) Date: c. 870–80 Source/ Museum: The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. MS 1
Artist: n/a Title: Royal Rune Stone, ordered by King Harald Bluetooth Medium: Granite Size: 3 sided, height about 8' (2.44 m) Date: 983–85 Source/ Museum: Jelling, Denmark
Artist: n/a Title: Portal,set into wall of Later Stave Church Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 11th century Source/ Museum: Urnes, Norway
Artist: n/a Title: Diagrams of wood buildings in Northern Europe: Horizontal log construction; Wattle and daub used to plaster between timbers; Stave church is a highly crafted version of plank wall construction Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Stave Church, Borgund, Norway Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1125–50 Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Stave Church, Borgund, Norway Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1125–50 Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Otto I Presenting Magdeburg Cathedral to Christ Medium: Ivory Size: 5 X 4½" (12.7 X 11.4 cm) Date: c. 962–68 Source/ Museum: One of a series of seventeen ivory plaques known as the Magdeburg Ivories, possibly carved in Milan / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941 (41.100.157)
Artist: n/a Title: Church of Saint Cyriakus Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Begun 961; consecrated 973 Source/ Museum: Gernrode, Germany
Artist: n/a Title: Nave, Church of Saint Cyriakus Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Doors of Bishop Bernward Medium: Bronze Size: height 16' 6" (5 m) Date: 1015 Source/ Museum: Made for the Abbey Church of Saint Michael, Hildesheim, Germany
Artist: n/a Title: Doors of Bishop Bernward Medium: Bronze Size: height 16' 6" (5 m) Date: 1015 Source/ Museum: Made for the Abbey Church of Saint Michael, Hildesheim, Germany
Artist: n/a Title: Schematic Diagram of the message of the Doors of Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Gero Crucifix Medium: Painted and gilded wood Size: height of figure 6'2" (1.88 m) Date: c. 970 Source/ Museum: Cologne Cathedral, Germany
Artist: n/a Title: Gero Crucifix Medium: Painted and gilded wood Size: height of figure 6'2" (1.88 m) Date: c. 970 Source/ Museum: Cologne Cathedral, Germany
Artist: n/a Title: Page with Otto III Enthroned, Liuthar Gospels (Aachen Gospels) Medium: Ink, gold, and colors on vellum Size: 10 ⅞ X 8½" (27.9 X 21.8 m) Date: c. 996 Source/ Museum: Cathedral Treasury, Aachen
Artist: n/a Title: Page with Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples, Aachen Gospels of Otto III Medium: Ink, gold, and colors on vellum Size: approx. 8 X 6" (20.5 X 14.5 cm) Date: c. 1000 Source/ Museum: n/a
