1. Welcome to
The Early Middle Ages

3. Political map of Europe 1998

5. Purse cover from the Sutton Hoo ship burial
Discuss portability of Migration Art
Purse cover from the Sutton Hoo ship burial
Animal style of the Eurasian nomads

6. Animal Head from Oseberg ship burial

7. Christ as Ruler of the Universe, Mosaic in the apse of the Cathedral of Monreale in Sicily

8. Colossus of Constantine I

9. Typical Basilica plan
Larger worship halls were necessary after the Edict of Milan since there were now many more people practicing Christianity.

10. The Church of Holy Wisdom – Hagia Sophia

11. Monreale Cathedral, Sicily

12. Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna

13. Mosaics are a collage of sorts of many small lieces of glass, stone, marble, and gold leaf arranged into images. Decorating with mosaics was very popular during the Middle Ages.

15. Copy of doves from Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli

16. Illumination from the book
of Kells

18. Crocodile in the Aberdeen Bestiary