Chapter 11: Early Medieval Art (10 points)
Homework #10
11.1 Chi-rho-iota (XPI) page, folio 34 recto of the Book of Kells, probably from Iona, Scotland, late eighth or early ninth century. Tempera on vellum,
1′ 1″ 9 1/2″. Trinity College Library, Dublin.
11.2 Pair of Merovingian looped fibulae, from Jouy-le-Comte, France, mid-sixth century. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones, 4″ high. Musée d’archéologie nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
11.3 Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England, ca. 625. Gold, glass, and cloisonné garnets, 7 1/2″ wide. British Museum, London (gift of Mrs. E. M. Pretty).
11.3A Belt buckle, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England, ca. 625. Gold, 5 1/4″ long. British Museum, London (gift of Mrs. E. M. Pretty).
11.4 Viking ship burial, Oseberg, Norway, ca. 820. Wood, 70′ 10 3/8″ long.
11.5 Wood portal of the stave church at Urnes, Norway, ca. 1050–1070.
11.6 Man (symbol of Saint Matthew), folio 21 verso of the Book of Durrow, possibly from Iona, Scotland, ca. 660–680. Ink and tempera on parchment, 9 5/8″ 6 1/8″. Trinity College Library, Dublin.
11.12 Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne or Charles the Bald, from Metz, France, ninth century. Bronze, originally gilt, 9 1/2″ high. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
11.16 Crucifixion, front cover of the Lindau Gospels, from Saint Gall, Switzerland, ca. 870. Gold, precious stones, and pearls, 1′ 1 3/8″
10 3/8″. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
11.31 Otto III enthroned, folio 24 recto
of the Gospel Book of Otto III, from Reichenau, Germany, 997–1000. Tempera on vellum, 1′ 1″
9 3/8″. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich.