Merovingian Looped Fibula

Jouy-le-Comte, France

mid-sixth century

Silver gilt worked in filigree with inlays of garnets and other stones

4" long

Purse Cover

from the Sutton Hoo burial ship in Suffolk, England

ca. 625 CE

Gold, glass, and enamel cloisonné with garnets and emeralds

7.5" long

Animal-head Post

From the Viking ship burial, Oseberg, Norway

ca. 825 CE

Wood

Head is approx. 5" high

Wooden portal of the stave church

Urnes, Norway

ca. 1050-1070 CE

Man (Symbol of Saint Matthew)

Folio 21 verso of the Book of Durrow

Possibly from Ionia, Scotland

ca. 660-680 CE

Ink and tempera on parchment

9.625" x 6.125"

Cross and Carpet page

Folio 26 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels

from Northumbria, England

ca. 698-721 CE

Tempera on Vellum

1' 1.5" x 9.25"

Saint Matthew

Folio 25 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels

from Northumbria, England

ca. 698-721 CE

Tempera on Vellum

1' 1.5" x 9.25"

Chi-rho-iota page

Folio 34 recto of the Book of Kells

probably from Iona, Scotland

late eighth or early ninth century

Tempera on vellum

1' 1" x 9.5"

High Cross of Muiredach (east face)

Monasterboice, Ireland

923 CE

Sandstone

18' high

The tower and scriptorium of San Salvador de Tábara

Colophon (folio 168) of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus, from Tábara, Spain

Emeterius

970 CE

Equestrian Portrait of Charlemange or Charles the Bald

from Metz, France

Ninth century

Bronze

originality gilt

9.5" high

Saint Matthew

folio 15 recto of the Coronation Gospels

from Aachen, Germany

ca. 800-810 CE

Ink and tempera on vellum

1' .75" x 10"

Saint Matthew

Folio 18 verso of the Ebbo Gospels

from Hautvillers (near Rheims), France

ca. 816-835 CE

Ink and tempera on Vellum

10.25" x 8.75"

Psalm 44

detail of folio 25 recto of the Utrecht Psalter

from Hautvillers (near Rheims), France

ca. 820-835 CE

Ink on vellum

1'1" x 9.875"

Crucifixion, front cover of the Lindau Gospels

from Saint Gall, Switzerland

ca. 870 CE

Gold, precious stones, and pearls

1' 1.375" x 10.375"

Restored plan of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne

Aachen, Germany

792-805 CE

Interior of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne

Aachen, Germany

792-805 CE

Torhalle (gatehouse)

Lorsch, Germany

ninth century CE

Schematic plan for a monastery

Saint Gall, Switzerland

ca. 819 CE

Redrawn after a ninth-century mauscript

Original in red ink on parchment

2' 4" x 3' 8.125"

Westwork of the Abbey church

Corvey, Germany

873-885 CE

Nave of the Church of Saint Cyriakus

Gernrode, Germany

961-973 CE

Saint Michael's

Hildesheim, Germany

1001-1031 CE

Longitudinal Section and plan of the abbey church of Saint Michael's

Hildesheim, Germany

1001-1031 CE

Doors with Relief Panels (Genesis on the left, life of Christ on the right)

commissioned by Bishop Bernward for Saint Michael's

Hildesheim, Germany

1015 CE

Bronze

16' 6' high

Column with reliefs illustrating the life of Christ

Commissioned by Bishop Bernward for Saint Michael's

Hildesheim, Germany

1015-1022 CE

Bronze

12' 6" tall

Crucifix

Commissioned by Archbishop Gero for Colgne Cathedral

Cologne, Germany

ca. 970 CE

Painted wood

6'2" high

Abbess Uta dedicating her codex to the Virgin

folio 2 recto of the Uta Codex

from Regensburg, Germany

ca. 1025 CE

Tempera on parchment

9.625" x 5.125"

Annunciation to the Shepherds

folio in the Lectionary of Henry II

from Reichenau, Germany

1002-1014 CE

Tempera on vellum

1' 5" x 1' 1"

Otto III Enthroned

folio 24 recto of the Gospel Book of Otto III

Reichenau, Germany

997-1000 CE

Tempera on vellum

1' 1" x 9.375"