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Vocabulary. Compound piers Springing Transverse arches Tripartite division Quadrant arches Buttress Portal Mandorla Tympanum. Cloisone enamel Hiberno-Saxon Illuminated Manuscript Codex Barrel vault Groin vault Transept Ambulatory Radiating chapels Tribunes.
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Vocabulary Compound piers Springing Transverse arches Tripartite division Quadrant arches Buttress Portal Mandorla Tympanum • Cloisone enamel • Hiberno-Saxon • Illuminated Manuscript • Codex • Barrel vault • Groin vault • Transept • Ambulatory • Radiating chapels • Tribunes
The Early Middle Ages in the West Period of time between the Classical Roman empire and the Renaissance Migration Period- Different tribes settle western Europe, carving out many of today’s countries and regions. Western European cultures convert to Christianity and monastic culture grows Familiar with Roman influence; Romanesque refers to the Roman style of architecture Period of Crusades and Pilgrimages; 4 crusades in 1090, 1147, 1190, 1204 Beginning of Holy Roman Empire, 800 CE
Anglo-Saxon, Purse Cover, Sutton Hoo Ship Burial, England, 625 • King Raedwald
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
Carolingian, Equestrian Statue of Charlemagne, 9th century, France • Renovatio Romani Imperii • Holy Roman Empire 800-843
Saint Matthew, Coronation Gospels of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany, ca. 800-810
Carolingian, St. Matthew, Ebbo Gospels, 816-35, France • Charlemagne • Monastery • Scriptorium
Crucifixion, cover of the Lindau Gospels from Saint Gall, Switzerland, ca. 870
Hiberno-Saxon, Lindisfarne Gospels, St. Matthew, 698-72, Britain • Hiberno-Saxon, Codex Amiatinus, The Scribe Ezra, 689-716, Britain
Ottonian, St. Michael’s, 1001-1031, Germany • Choir • Piers • Nave arcade • Alternating Support System
Bronze Doors, St. Michael’s Hildesheim, Germany, 1015
Basilica of St. Sernin, Toulouse, France, 1070-1120 • Pilgrimage Type • Transept
Basilica of St. Sernin Ambulatory Radiating chapels
Basilica of St. Sernin, Interior Nave • Tribunes • Compound piers • Springing • Transverse arches
Abbey Church of St.-Etiénne, Caen, France, 1067-1120 • Tripartite division • Buttresses
Abbey Church of St.-Etiénne, Interior Nave • Groin Vault • Ribs • Sexpartite vault
Cathedral at Durham, England, begun 1093 • Quadrant arches • Alternate Support system • Ribbed groin vault
Pisa Cathedral Complex, Italy, Begun 1063 Tuscan Romanesque
Arcaded Galleries • Cornice
Master Giselbertus, Tympanum, Cathedral of Saint-Lazare,1120-1146
Weighing of the Souls, Tympanum detail, Saint-Lazare, 1120-1146
The Bayeux Tapestry, Romanesque, English, 1066-86 Burial of King Edward