64. Page with The Tree of Jesse, Explanatio In Isaiam
Editor's Notes
Artist: Title: Christ and Disciples on the Road to Emmau Medium: Pier relief Size: figures nearly life-size Date: c. 1100 Source/ Museum: Cloister of the Abbey of Santo Domingo, Silos, Castile, Spain
Artist: n/a Title: Europe in the Romanesque Period Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: John of Worcester Title: Page with The Dream of Henry I (Those Who Work; Those Who Fight; Those Who Pray), Worcester Chronicle Medium: Ink and tempera on vellum Size: each page 12¾ X 9 ⅜ " (32.5 X 23.7 cm) Date: c. 1140 Source/ Museum: From Worcester, England / Corpus Christi College, Oxford (CCC MS 157, pages 382-383)
Artist: n/a Title: Interior, Church of Sant Vincenç, Cardona Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1020s–30s Source/ Museum: Spain
Artist: n/a Title: Plan of Church of Sant Vincenç, Cardona,Spain, 1020s–30s Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Transept, Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela. View toward the crossing Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1078–1122 Source/ Museum: Galicia, Spain
Artist: n/a Title: Art and Its Context: The Pilgrim's Journey Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Reconstruction drawing (after Conant) of Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1078–1122. Western portions later Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Plan of Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Cross Section of The Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela (Drawing After Conant) Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Reconstruction drawing of the Abbey at Cluny, Burgundy, France. 1088–1130. View From The East. Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Reconstruction drawing of the Abbey at Cluny, Burgundy, France. 1088–1130. View From The East. Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: The church choir from the transept at Cluny (drawing after Conant) Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Reliquary Statue of Sainte Foy (Saint Faith) Medium: Silver gilt over a wood core, with added gems and cameos of various dates Size: Height 33" (85 cm) Date: Late 9th or 10th century with later additions Source/ Museum: Abbey Church of Conques, Conques, France. / Church Treasury, Conques, France
Relics of the True Cross on which Christ was crucified were quickly and widely distributed after its legendary discovery in the fourth century by Saint Helena, mother of Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor. Throughout the medieval period, such relics were housed in precious containers and venerated by the faithful. This finely made small box decorated with cloisonné enamel and niello is one of the earliest examples of such a reliquary. The sliding lid, decorated with a Crucifixion scene and busts of saints, has four episodes from the life of Christ on its underside—the Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixion, and Anastasis (Descent into Limbo). The lid slides back to reveal five interior relic compartments arranged in the shape of a cross. On the lid, Christ, flanked by the mourning figures of the Virgin and Saint John, is shown alive on the cross, wearing a long tunic popular in Eastern depictions of the scene. Pope Innocent IV (r. 1243–54) is said to have owned this reliquary.
Reliquary of 3 Magi, Cologne
Reliquary of 3 Magi, Cologne
Christ Nail Reliquary
Foot reliquary of St. James
Artist: n/a Title: Nave, Abbey Church of Notre-Dame, Fontenay Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1139–47 Source/ Museum: Burgundy, France
Artist: n/a Title: Nave, Church of San Clemente Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Consecrated 1128 Source/ Museum: Rome
Artist: n/a Title: Church of Saint-Savin-Sur-Gartempe, Poitou Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Choir c.1060–75; nave c. 1095–1115 Source/ Museum: France
Artist: n/a Title: Nave, Church of Sant’Ambrogio, Milan Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: Begun 1080; vaulted after an earthquake in 1117 Source/ Museum: Lombardy, Italy
Artist: n/a Title: Interior, Speyer Cathedral Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: As remodeled c. 1080–1106 Source/ Museum: Speyer, Germany
Artist: n/a Title: Exterior, Speyer Cathedral Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1080–1106 and second half of the 12th century Source/ Museum: Speyer, Germany
Artist: n/a Title: Nave, Durham Cathedral Medium: n/a Size: Vault height about 73' (22.2 m ) Date: 1087–1133. Original east end replaced by a Gothic choir, 1242–c. 1280 Source/ Museum: England
Artist: n/a Title: Plan of Durham Cathedral, showing original east end Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Nave, Church of Saint-Étienne, Caen Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1060–77; vaulted c. 1130 Source/ Museum: Normandy, France
Artist: n/a Title: Composite diagram of church of Saint-Étienne, Caen, showing original 11th-century timber roof and later 12th-century six-part vault inserted under the roof Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: n/a Source/ Museum: n/a
Artist: n/a Title: Church of Saint-Étienne, Caen Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1060–77; façade c. 1096–1100; spires 13th century Source/ Museum: Normandy, France
Artist: n/a Title: South Portal and Porch, Priory Church of Saint-Pierre, Moissac Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1115 Source/ Museum: Tarn-et-Garonne, France
Artist: Wiligelmus, Creation and Fall, Modena Cathedral Title: Creation and Fall, West Façade, Modena Cathedral Medium: Size: Height approx. 3' (92 cm) Date: Building begun 1099; sculpture c. 1099–1100 Source/ Museum: Modena, Emilia, Italy
Artist: n/a Title: Trumeau, South Portal, Priory Church of Saint-Pierre, Moissac Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1115 Source/ Museum: Tarn-et-Garonne, France
Artist: Gislebertus, Last Judgement Title: Last Judgment, Tympanum on West Portal, Cathedral (Originally Abbey Church) of Saint-Lazare, Autun Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1120–30 or 1130–45 Source/ Museum: Burgundy, France
Artist: n/a Title: Capital: Suicide of Judas, Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, Autun Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1125 Source/ Museum: Burgundy, France
Flight into Egypt
Artist: n/a Title: Facsimile frontispiece with Hildegard and Volmar, Liber Scivias Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: 1165–75 Source/ Museum: Original MS lost during World War II
Artist: n/a Title: Christ in Majesty, detail of apse, Church of San Climent Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1123 Source/ Museum: Church of San Climent, Taull, Catalunya, Spain / Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
Artist: n/a Title: Tower of Babel, detail of painting in nave vault Medium: n/a Size: n/a Date: c. 1115 Source/ Museum: Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, Poitou, France
Artist: n/a Title: Crucifix (Majestat Batlló) Medium: Polychromed wood Size: height approx. 37 ¾" (96 cm) Date: Mid-12th century Source/ Museum: Catalunya, Spain / Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
Artist: n/a Title: Virgin and Child Medium: Oak with polychromy Size: height 31" (78.7 cm) Date: Late 12th century Source/ Museum: Auvergne region, France / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916 (16.32.194)
Artist: n/a Title: Messengers Signal the Appearance of a Comet (Halley’s Comet), The Bayeux Tapestry Medium: Norman–Anglo-Saxon embroidery Linen with wool Size: height 20" (50.8 cm) Date: c. 1066–82 Source/ Museum: From Canterbury, Kent, England, or Bayeux, Normandy, France / Centre Guillaume le Conquérant, Bayeux, France
Quicksand scene
Artist: n/a Title: Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast, the Bayeux Tapestry Medium: Norman–Anglo-Saxon embroidery, linen with wool Size: height 20" (50.8 cm) Date: c. 1066–82 Source/ Museum: From Canterbury, Kent, England, or Bayeux, Normandy, France / Centre Guillaume le Conquérant, Bayeux, France
Artist: n/a Title: Detail, Bishop Odo Blessing Feast, the Bayeux Tapestry Medium: Norman–Anglo-Saxon embroidery, linen with wool Size: height 20" (50.8 cm) Date: c. 1066–82 Source/ Museum: from Canterbury, Kent, England, or Bayeux, Normandy, France / Centre Guillaume le Conquérant, Bayeux, France
Artist: n/a Title: Tomb cover with effigy of Rudolf of Swabia Medium: Bronze with niello Size: approx. 6'5½ X 2'2½" (1.97 X 0.68 m) Date: c. 1080 Source/ Museum: Saxony, Germany Cathedral of Merseburg, Germany
Artist: Renier de Huy Title: Baptismal Font, Notre-Dame-Aux-Fontes Medium: Bronze Size: Height, 23 ⅝ " (60 cm) diameter, 31 ¼" (79 cm) Date: 1107–18 Source/ Museum: Liège, France / Now in the Church of St. Barthelemy, Liège
Artist: The Nun Guda Title: Page with self-portrait of the nun Guda , Book of Homilies Medium: Ink on parchment Size: n/a Date: Early 12th century Source/ Museum: West, Germany. / Stadtund Universitäts-Bibliothek, Frankfurt, Germany. MS. Barth. 42, folio 110v
Artist: n/a Title: The Mouth of Hell, Winchester Psalter Medium: Ink and tempera on vellum Size: 12 ¾ X 9 ⅛ " (32.5 X 23 cm) Date: c. 1150 Source/ Museum: Winchester, England / The British Library, London
Artist: n/a Title: Page with The Tree of Jesse, Explanatio In Isaiam (Saint Jerome’s Commentary on Isaiah) Medium: Ink and tempera on vellum Size: 15 X 4¾" (38 X 12 cm) Date: c. 1125 Source/ Museum: n/a
