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Learning Objectives
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Burial ship, from Oseberg, Norway. ca. 800. Wood. Length 75'6". Vikingskiphuset, Universitets Oldsaksamling, Oslo, Norway. © Werner Forman Archive. [Fig. 5.1]
Sutton Hoo
Anglo-Saxon England and Celtic Ireland. [Fig. Map 5.1]
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Anglo-Saxon Artistic Style and Culture
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Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo burial ship. ca. 625. Gold with Indian garnets and cloisonné enamels, originally on an ivory or bone background (now lost). Length 8". © The Trustees of the British Museum. [Fig. 5.2]
Beowulf, the Oldest English Epic Poem
Bishop Eadfrith. Carpet Page from the Lindisfarne Gospels. Northumbria, England. ca. 698. Tempera on vellum. 13-1/2" × 9-3/4". British Library, London. © The British Library Board: Cotton Nero D., f.94v. [Fig. 5.3]
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The Merging of Pagan and Christian Styles
Chi Rho Iota page, Book of Matthew, Book of Kells, probably made at Iona, Scotland. Late 8th or early 9th century. Manuscript illumination. 13" × 9-1/2". Trinity College Library. Dublin, MS. 58 (A.1.6.), fol. 34v. © The Board of Trinity College/Bridgeman Images. [Fig. 5.4]
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Page with David and Court Musicians, now fol. 30b, but likely once the frontispiece of the Vespasian Psalter, Canterbury, England. First half of 8th century. © The British Library Board: MS Cotton Vespasian A.i. [Fig. 5.5]
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Carolingian Culture
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Equestrian statue of Charlemagne. Early 9th century. Bronze with traces of gilt. Height 9-1/2". Musée du Louvre, Paris. akg-images/Erich Lessing. [Fig. 5.6]
Map: The Empire of Charlemagne to 814. [Fig. Map 5.2]
The Song of Roland: Feudal and Chivalric Values
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Roland as the Ideal Feudal Hero
The Chivalric Code
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Promoting Literacy
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The Medieval Monastery
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The Ideal Monastery: Saint Gall
Plan for a monastery at Saint Gall, Swizerland. ca. 820. Redrawn from an original in red ink on parchment. 28" × 44-1/8". Stiftsbibliothek, Saint Gall. [Fig. 5.7]
Women in Monastic Life
Monastic Music
Facsimile of page with Hildegard's Vision, Scivias. ca. 1150–1200. akg-images/Erich Lessing. [Fig. 5.8]
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Dixit Dominus from Psalm 109. [Fig. 5-MN.1]
Kyrie Eleison from opening of mass. [Fig. 5-MN.2]
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The Mass
Capetian France and the Norman Conquest
Motte and bailey castle. Stephen Biesty © Dorling Kindersley. [Fig. 5.9]
Closer Look
The Bayeux Tapestry (detail). 1070–80. Embroidered wool on linen. Height 6', entire length of fabric, 231'. Musée de la Tapisserie, Bayeux, France/With special authorization of the city of Bayeux/The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 5-CL.1]
Norman. The Bayeux Tapestry: Harold swears allegiance to William. 1070–80. Embroidered wool on linen. Entire length: 231'. Musée de la Tapisserie, Bayeux, France/With special authorization of the city of Bayeux/The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 5-CL.2]
Norman. The Bayeux Tapestry: The Normans sail for England. 1070–80. Embroidered wool on linen. Entire length: 231'. Musée de la Tapisserie, Bayeux, France/With special authorization of the city of Bayeux/The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 5-CL.3]
Norman. The Bayeux Tapestry: After assuming the throne, Harold is disturbed by the arrival of a comet. 1070-80. Embroidered wool on linen. Entire length: 231'. Musée de la Tapisserie, Bayeux, France/With special authorisation of the city of Bayeux/The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 5-CL.4]
Norman. The Bayeux Tapestry: Harold is hit by an error in the eye and is slain. 1070–80. Embroidered wool on linen. Entire length: 231'. Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY. [Fig. 5-CL.5]
Pilgrimage Churches and The Romanesque
The pilgrimage routes through France and Spain. [Fig. Map 5.3]
Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, Auvergne, France. ca. 1050–1120. Erich Lessing/akg-images. [Fig. 5.10]
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Reliquary effigy of Sainte-Foy. Made in the Auvergne region, France, for the Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, France. Mostly 983–1013, with later additions. Gold and silver over a wooden core, with precious stones and cameos. Height: 34". Church Treasury, Conques. Erich Lessing/akg-images. [Fig. 5.11]
Interior of the nave, Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques. ca. 1050–1120. © Photo Scala, Florence. [Fig. 5.12]
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Floor plan of the nave, Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques. ca. 1050–1120. [Fig. 5.13]
Diagram of a Romanesque portal. [Fig. 5.14]
Last Judgment, tympanum and detail of west portal, Sainte-Foy, Conques, Auvergne, France. ca. 1065. Photononstop/SuperStock. [Fig. 5.15]
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Detail of west portal tympanum of Sainte-Foy, Conques. © White Images/Scala, Florence. [Fig. 5.16]
Cluny and the Monastic Tradition
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Reconstruction drawing of the Abbey Church (Cluny III), Cluny, Burgundy, France. 1088–1130. After Kenneth Conant. Stephen Conlin © Dorling Kindersley. [Fig. 5.17]
Choral Music
Diagram of melismatic organum from Léonin's "Halleluia, dies sanctificatus." [Fig. 5.18]
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The Crusades and the Culture of Romance
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Krak des Chevaliers and the Medieval Castle
Krak de Chevaliers, Syria. First occupied 1109. Robert Harding World Imagery/Michael Jenner. [Fig. 5.19]
Stone Castle. Joanna Cameron © Dorling Kindersley. [Fig. 5.20]
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Art of Courtly Love
Casket with scenes of courtly love, from Limoges. ca. 1180. Champlevé enamel. 3-5/8" × 8-1/2" × 6-3/8". © The Trustees of the British Museum. [Fig. 5.21]
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The Romance: Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot
Page with Lancelot Crossing the Sword Bridge and Guinevere in the Tower, from Romance of Lancelot. ca. 1300. Illuminated manuscript. 13-1/2" × 10". © The Pierpont Morgan Library/Art Resource/Scala, Florence. [Fig. 5.22]
Continuity & Change
Angel Subduing Demon, decorated column capital, Church of Sainte-Madeleine, Vézelay, France. ca. 1089–1206. Stone. © Bednorz-images, Cologne. [Fig. 5.23]
The Angel of the Annunciation, central portal, west facade, Reims Cathedral, Reims, France. ca. 1245–55. Stone. Angelo Hornak Photo Library. [Fig. 5.24]