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Medieval Roman Empire. Otto Gospels 1000 (four personified provinces venerate Otto III). The Homage to Emperor Otto II from the Registrum Gregorii (983-996) miniature on parchment J.P. Getty Trust. Ottonian Benedictine abbey of Saint Michael's Hildesheim 1001-31.
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Otto Gospels 1000(four personified provinces venerate Otto III)
The Homage to Emperor Otto IIfrom the Registrum Gregorii(983-996)miniature on parchmentJ.P. Getty Trust
OttonianBenedictine abbey of Saint Michael's Hildesheim1001-31
Accession of Christ • Unknown Ottonian, Mainz or Fulda, about 1025 - 1050Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment
Adoration of the Magi Unknown Ottonian, Regensburg, about 1030 - 1040Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment J.P. Getty Trust
Byzantine Empire, 867-1045(yellow is area acquired in this period)
Nicephorus II Phocas (“white death of the Saracens”), Byzantine emperor 963-9
Basil II (“the Bulgar Slayer”), 958-1025 (11th century manuscript)
Robert Guiscard, gold coinGold coin (quarter dinar, called the tarì) struck in Sicily, "by order of Duke Robert, illustrious Lord of Sicily" (inscription in the field, on the coin's obverse), "... in Sicily, in the year 464" (circular legend, on the coin's obverse). The inscriptions are in Arabic, and give a date in the Moslem calendar corresponding to the year 1072. The legend on the reverse bears a verse of a sura from the Koran. Sicilian coinage from the start of the Norman period preserved certain Islamic characteristics, probabl for both economic and political reasons.(from www.norman-world.com)
St. Michael and his angels fighting the dragon From the nave West wall lunette San Pietro al Monte Civate Late 11th century