group 1 medieval report background and beowulf by jennelyn b. booc (8:30-9:30 pm) MWF

3. In writing their learning, the students used:
 wooden tablets covered in green or black wax.

7. The Bible was
certainly the
most copied
book of the
Middle Ages.
And they are
written by
Monks

8. Monks became specialists
The Antiquarii
were masters of calligraphy

9. The Miniatores
illustrated the margins

10. The Rubricatores
illuminated the large
initials at the beginning
of a page

11. The illuminators
painted intricate designs and biblical scenes on pages, to supplement the text

12. One of the most famous of these, the Book of Kells, was written
around 800 AD and can still be seen in the library at Trinity
College in Dublin, Ireland.

14. Scriptorium
large rooms were monks would
often work, and only those
working on texts would be allowed
in this room.

16. Is the generic term for poets and minstrels who flourished in
southern France and in Northern Italy (11th -13th centuries)

17. Trouveres
in northern
France, and
Meistersingers
in Germany,

18. During this time, works from
medieval monks had
become tired
The public wasn't as
interested in hymns,
chronicles penned in
medieval Latin.
These new stories were sang,
while music was played
on strange, new musical
instruments, brought
back to Western Europe
from the Crusades.
Verses became quite complex
in style and ranged in
topics from love, and
politics, to debates, and
spinning songs.

19. French lords
wanted to hear
tales of
bravery about
their own
countrymen
Ladies
were being
swept away
with epic
love poems

20. Professional singers or
Jongleurs
who performed the
work composed by a
troubadour,
they might be
accompanied by
Ioculators (clown) and
Ystriones (actors).