The Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages

The Anglo-Saxons in Britain

5th-7th c.

The Animal Style

Brooch, 6th c.

Purse Cover, 620s

Gospel Books

The Lindisfarne Gospels, c. 698

The Book of Kells

Celtic, c. 800

The Book of Matthew (Xi Rho Iota)

The Book of John

St. John the Evangelist

Christ Enthroned

The Franks

Statue of Charlemagne, early 9th c.Frankish King, 768-814, Emperor from 800

Lorsch Abbey, est. 764

Gateway of Lorsch Abbey, 774

Compare: The Arch of Constantine, 312

The Lorsch Gospels(Codex Aureus)

778-820

The Carolingian Empire

800-888

The Palatine Chapel, Aachen

Built 796-814

Monasticism

St. Gall Monastery, Switzerland, c. 820

Cuxa Cloisterfrom the Abbey of St.-Michel-de-Cuxa

France, mid-12th c.

Carolingian Art

Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram

9th c.

Compare: Frankish Brooch, 650-725

Ivory Bucket for Holy Water, 860s-70s

Plaque with Personification of the Moon, 9th c.

Ivory Plaques

St. John the Evangelist, early 9th c.

Emmaus Scenes, late 9th c.

Christ and the Apostles, late 9th c.

The Virgin Mary as a Personification of the Church, 9th c.