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1 Early Medieval Art

2 Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial (Suffolk, England), c
Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial (Suffolk, England), c. 625, gold, glass, and enamel cloisonné with garnets and emeralds

3 art of migratory people/ predatory subject matter/ interlaced pattern

4 Cross and carpet page from the Lindisfarne Gospels (Northumbria, England), c , tempera on vellum Hiberno-Saxon, or Insular/ Celtic cross with a transom

5 use of serpents, dragons, and other fantastic animals

6 rubrum (“entry in red”)/ minium/ incipit and explicit

7 varied styles within the Book of Lindisfarne/ sacred act of copying images/ amarius and a scriptorium

8 Chi-rho-iota page from the Book of Kells (Iona, Scotland), late eighth or early ninth century use of abbreviations/ chi-rho iota/ curves and ripples

9 inclusion of human and animal shapes

10 High Cross of Muiredach (Monasterboice, County Louth, Ireland), 923 large mass and scale/ church above the transom/ wheel and the circle

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12 Animal head post, from the Oseberg ship burial (Norway), c
Animal head post, from the Oseberg ship burial (Norway), c. 825, wood Vikings/ fusion of interlaced pattern and the animal form/ gruesome rituals of human sacrifice/Odin, Thor, and Freya/ Valhalla/ stave church

13 Two views of the Oseberg ship (Oslo)

14 Left: Wood carved portal of the stave church at Urnes, Norway, c
Left: Wood carved portal of the stave church at Urnes, Norway, c Below: drawing of a stave church

15 Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne (Metz, Germany), early ninth century

16 Saint Matthew from the Coronation Gospel Book of Charlemagne (Aachen, Germany), c , ink and tempera on vellum Charlemagne and Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle)/ reliance on prototypes for artistic inspiration (i.e. the Mediterranean style)/ Caroline minuscule

17 Saint Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels (Hautvillers, near Reims, France), c , ink and tempera on vellum classical calm replaced by a frenzy of energy

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19 Saint Luke from the Ebbo Gospels (Hautvillers, near Reims, France), c
Saint Luke from the Ebbo Gospels (Hautvillers, near Reims, France), c , ink and tempera on vellum

20 Illustrations to Psalms 43 and 44, from the Utrecht Psalter, c
Illustrations to Psalms 43 and 44, from the Utrecht Psalter, c CE

21 Cover of the Psalter of Charles the Bald (St. Denis, France), c
Cover of the Psalter of Charles the Bald (St. Denis, France), c. 865, ivory panel set in silver-gilt with filigree work and precious stones rich, decorated surfaces/ continued intellectual and artistic endeavors during the Carolingian period

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23 Left: front cover of the Lindau Gospels, c. 870, gold Below: back cover

24 Odo of Metz. Interior of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne (Aachen, Germany), modeled after San Vitale/ second-storied throne

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