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Purse cover
from the Sutton Hoo ship in Suffolk England
ca. 625 |
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Animal head post
Oseberg ship burial
ca. 834 |
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Wooden portal of the stave church at Urnes, Norway
ca. 1050-1070 |
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Man (symbol of St. Matthew)
Book of Durrow
Iona, Scotland
ca. 660-680 |
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Saint Matthew
Lindesfarne Gospels
ca. 698-721 |
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Carpet page
Lindisfarne Gospels
ca. 698-721 |
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Chi-Rho-Iota
(From Book of Kells) late 8th or early 9th century
Tempura on vellum |
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High Cross of Muiredach
Monasterboice
923 |
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Equestrian portrait of Charles the Bald/Charlemagne
Metz, France
ninth century |
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Saint Matthew (Coronation Gospels)
Germany
ca. 800-810
Legacy of claical art, use of Roman accesories. Perpective, light and shade to show 3D.
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Saint Matthew from Ebbo Gospels
France
ca. 816-835
Frantic lines, writhing fabric, clasical illusionism combined with northern linear tradition. |
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Cover of Lindau Gospels
Saint Gall
ca. 870
Carolingian book cover. Early Chritian imagery of a young Christ. Clasical in conception and execution. |
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Saint Michael's
(Hildesheim)
1001-1031
Ottonian bascilica design. Two apses, two transepts, and multiple towers. |
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