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530 book of rules for monks |
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| part of cathedral, monastic and abbey architecture. A cloister consists usually of four corridors, with a courtyard or garth in the middle. It is intended to be both covered from the rain, but open to the air. The attachment of a cloister to a Cathedral church usually indicates that it is (or was once) a monastic foundation. |
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| scriptorium is literally "a place for writing the bible (in monastaries) |
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| an animal hide used for scroll writing |
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the authors of the gospel matthew: human mark: lion luke: ox john: eagle |
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Plan of the Abbey of St. Gall, c. 817, original in red ink/parchment |
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Page with St. Matthew the Evangelist, Book of Matthew, Ebbo Gospels, second ¼ of 9thc, ink/vellum |
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Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures, outer cover, Lindau Gospels, c. 870-880, gold, pearls, and gems monastery and the book |
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c. 768-877 Charles the Great (Charlemagne) ruled 768-814, crowned by Pope in 800 |
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Ottonian Empire c. 919-1002 Otto I (ruled 936-973), Otto II (ruled 973-983),Otto III (ruled 996-1002) |
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| First Crusade, Second Crusade |
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First Crusade 1095-1099; Second Crusade 1147-1149; Third Crusade 1190-1192 |
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Palace Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen (Germany), 792-805 note how his throne is higher than the altar to mary. hiearchy is vertical imperial christendom |
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Page with Otto III Enthroned from Aachen Gospels, c996, ink, gold/vellum imperial christendom the ottos got into power after the romans got weak |
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Reliquary statue of Saint Foy(Saint Faith), Auvergne region, late 9thc, silver gilt, gems little girl saint- apparently refused to worship pagan idols. pilgrimage times |
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Romanesque Cathedral of St. James, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1078-1122 pilgrimage period |
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| arrangement of a church to give a crosslike architecture |
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| a place for walking, is the covered passage around a cloister; a term applied sometimes to the procession way around the east end of a cathedral or large church and behind the high altar. |
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| passage or walkway covered over by a succession of arches or vaults supported by columns. |
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| showing some paintings?? (someone help me on this one) |
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Gislebertus, The Last Judgment, West Portal, Cathedral of St-Lazare, Autun, France, c. 1120-1135/40 |
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Vertical architectural member between the leaves of a doorway. Trumeaus were often highly decorated. [image] |
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| A vertical element of a doorway or window frame[image] |
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lintel: A flat horizontal beam which spans the space between two supports. . [image] |
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tympanum : (plural, tympana): The basically semicircular area enclosed by the arch above the lintel of an arched entranceway. This area is often decorated with sculpture in the Romanesque and Gothic periods. [image] |
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| An archivolt is composed of bands of ornamental mouldings (or other architectural elements) surrounding an arched opening, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a rectangular opening. The word is sometimes used to refer to the under-side or inner curve of the arch itself (more properly, the intrados). |
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