High Cross of Muiredach(east side)
Monasterboice, Ireland
ca. 923
16 ft. high
Weighing of Souls
High Cross of Muiredach
(west side)
Monasterboice, Ireland
ca. 923
16 ft. high
High Cross of Muiredach (west side)
Monasterboice, Ireland
ca. 923
16 ft. high
Crucifixion
Arrest of Christ
High Cross of Muiredach
Monasterboice, Ireland
ca. 923
16 ft. high
Mozarabic Art
Emeterius
The tower and Scriptorium of San
Salvador de Tàbara, colophon (folio
168) of the Commentary on the
Apocalypse by Beatus
from Tàbara, Spain
970 C.E.
tempera on parchment
1 ft. 2 1/8 in. x 10 in.
Stephanus Garsia
Enthroned Christ with 4 Evangelists and the 24 Elders
folios 121 verso and 122 recto of the Apocalypse of Saint-Sever
from Saint-Sever-sur-l’Adour, France
ca. 1050-1070
ink and tempera on vellum
14 1/2 x 22 in.
Stephanus Garsia
Rain of Fire and Blood
folios 137 verso
Apocalypse of Saint-Sever
from Saint-Sever-sur-l’Adour, France
ca. 1050-1070
ink and tempera on vellum
14 1/2 x 11 in.
Carolingian Art
Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne(?)
from Metz, France
early 9th century
bronze, originally gilt
9 1/2 in. high
St. Matthew
Coronation Gospels
Aachen, Germany
ca. 800-810
ink and tempera on vellum
12 3/4 x 10 in.
Saint Matthew
Ebbo Gospels
Hautvillers, France
ca. 816 - 835
ink and tempera on vellum
10 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.
Saint John
Ebbo Gospels
Hautvillers, France
ca. 816 - 835
ink and tempera on vellum
10 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.
Canon Table
Ebbo Gospels
Hautvillers, France
ca. 816 - 835
ink and tempera on vellum
10 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.
Canon Tables
Ebbo Gospels
Hautvillers, France
ca. 816 - 835
ink and tempera on vellum
10 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.
Psalm 44 of folio 25 recto of the
Utrecht Psalter
Hautvillers, France (near Reims)
ca. 820 - 835
ink on vellum
1 ft. 1 in. x 9 7/8 in.
Psalm 57 front cover
Psalter of Charles the Bald
Denis, France
ca. 865
ivory panel set in silver-gilt with
filigree work and precious stones
panel 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
cover 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
Psalm 57 front cover
Psalter of Charles the Bald
Denis, France
ca. 865
ivory panel set in silver-gilt with
filigree work and precious stones
panel 5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.
cover 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
Crucifixion front cover
Lindau Gospels
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
ca. 870
gold, precious stones and pearls
13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.
Odo of Metz
Interior of the Palatine Chapel
of Charlemagne
Aachen, Germany
ca. 792-805
Odo of Metz
Interior of the Palatine Chapel
of Charlemagne
Aachen, Germany
ca. 792-805
Odo of Metz
Interior of the Palatine Chapel
of Charlemagne
Aachen, Germany
ca. 792-805
Torhalle (gatehouse)
Lorsch, Germany
9th century
Torhalle (gatehouse)
Lorsch, Germany
9th century
9th C. ms. And 20th C. model
St. Gall, Switzerland
ca. 819
Schematic plan for a monastery
St. Gall, Switzerland
ca. 819
redrawn after a 9th century manuscript