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Early Medieval Art. Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial (Suffolk, England), c. 625, gold, glass, and enamel cloisonné with garnets and emeralds. art of migratory people/ predatory subject matter/ interlaced pattern.
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Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial (Suffolk, England), c. 625, gold, glass, and enamel cloisonné with garnets and emeralds
art of migratory people/ predatory subject matter/ interlaced pattern
Cross and carpet page from the Lindisfarne Gospels (Northumbria, England), c. 698-721, tempera on vellumHiberno-Saxon, or Insular/ Celtic cross with a transom
varied styles within the Book of Lindisfarne/ sacred act of copying images/ amarius and a scriptorium
Chi-rho-iota page from the Book of Kells (Iona, Scotland), late eighth or early ninth centuryuse of abbreviations/ chi-rho iota/ curves and ripples
High Cross of Muiredach (Monasterboice, County Louth, Ireland), 923large mass and scale/ church above the transom/ wheel and the circle
Animal head post, from the Oseberg ship burial (Norway), c. 825, woodVikings/ fusion of interlaced pattern and the animal form/ gruesome rituals of human sacrifice/Odin, Thor, and Freya/ Valhalla/ stave church
Left: Wood carved portal of the stave church at Urnes, Norway, c. 1050-1070Below: drawing of a stave church
Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne (Metz, Germany), early ninth century
Saint Matthew from the Coronation Gospel Book of Charlemagne (Aachen, Germany), c. 800-810, ink and tempera on vellumCharlemagne and Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle)/ reliance on prototypes for artistic inspiration (i.e. the Mediterranean style)/ Caroline minuscule
Saint Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels (Hautvillers, near Reims, France), c. 816-835, ink and tempera on vellumclassical calm replaced by a frenzy of energy
Saint Luke from the Ebbo Gospels (Hautvillers, near Reims, France), c. 816-835, ink and tempera on vellum
Illustrations to Psalms 43 and 44, from the Utrecht Psalter, c. 820-32 CE
Cover of the Psalter of Charles the Bald (St. Denis, France), c. 865, ivory panel set in silver-gilt with filigree work and precious stonesrich, decorated surfaces/ continued intellectual and artistic endeavors during the Carolingian period
Left: front cover of the Lindau Gospels, c. 870, goldBelow: back cover
Odo of Metz. Interior of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne (Aachen, Germany), 792-805modeled after San Vitale/ second-storied throne