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Explore the intricate filigree, cloisonné enamel, and fibula art from diverse cultures like the Visigoths and Anglo-Saxons, and the manuscripts illuminated with interlace patterns in the Hiberno-Saxon style.
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Filigree Cloisonné enamel Fibula Insular Manuscript Illumination Codex Interlace Tonsure Vellum Parchment Scriptorium Choir Piers Nave arcade Alternating Support System The Migration PeriodVocabulary
The Early Middle Ages in the West Romans leave Northern Europe Migration Period- Different Barbarian tribes move in from the East Angles and Saxons move across the channel to Britain forcing the Britons and Celts westward Gothic Tribes moved westward within Europe and converted to Christianity Art: Stuck between two periods of naturalism-Classical Antiquity and the Renaissance Familiar with Roman influence Created a visual imagery of their own political claim to the land
Visigothic,Eagle Brooch, 6th century, Spain • Cloisonné enamel • Filigree • Visigoths
Anglo-Saxon, Purse Cover, Sutton Hoo Ship Burial, England, 625 • King Raedwald
Celtic Christian,South Cross of Ahenny, Co. TipperaryIreland, 8th century
High Cross of Muiredach, Celtic Christian, Co. Louth, 923
Hiberno-Saxon, Book of Durrow, St. Matthew, Britain, 660-680 • Insular • Codex • Manuscript Illumination • Author page • tonsure
Book of Durrow, St. Mark • Author Page
Hiberno-Saxon, Lindisfarne Gospels, Cross-Carpet Page, Britain, 689-721 • Carpet page
Hiberno-Saxon, The Book of Kells, Chi-Rho page, Iona, Britain, ca. 800 • Initial page • Christi autem generatio
Detail of Chi Rho Book of Kells
Saint Matthew, Coronation Gospels of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany, ca. 800-810
Carolingian, St. Matthew, Ebbo Gospels, 816-35, France • Charlemagne • Monastery • Scriptorium
Hiberno-Saxon, Lindisfarne Gospels, St. Matthew, 698-72, Britain • Hiberno-Saxon, Codex Amiatinus, The Scribe Ezra, 689-716, Britain
Crucifixion, cover of the Lindau Gospels from Saint Gall, Switzerland, ca. 870
Carolingian, Equestrian Statue of Charlemagne, 9th century, France • Renovatio Romani Imperii • Holy Roman Empire 800-843
Ottonian, Gospel Book of Otto III, Otto Enthroned, Germany, 997-1000 • Holy Roman Empire 963-1002
Ottonian, St. Michael’s, 1001-1031, Germany • Choir • Piers • Nave arcade • Alternating Support System