from Discovering the Humanities

1. Viking. Burial ship, from Oseberg, Norway.
ca. 800.
Vikingskiphuset, Universitets Oldsaksamling, Oslo, Norway. [Fig. 5.1]

2. Map: Anglo-Saxon England and Celtic Ireland.
[Fig. Map 5.1]

3. Anglo-Saxon. Sutton Hoo Burial Ship: Purse cover.
ca. 625.
© The Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY. [Fig. 5.2]

4. Bishop Eadfrith of Lindisfarne. The Lindisfarne Gospels, from Northumbria, England:
Carpet page.
ca. 698. Manuscript illumination. 13-1/2" x 9-3/4".
British Library, London. [Fig. 5.3]

5. Hiberno-Saxon. Book of Kells: Chi Rho Iota page in the Book of Matthew. Probably made
at Iona, Scotland.
Late eighth or early ninth century. Manuscript illumination. 13" x 9-1/2".
Trinity College Library. Dublin, MS. 58 (A.1.6.), fol. 34v. [Fig. 5.4]

6. Anglo-Saxon. Vespasian Psalter: David and Court Musicians, now fol. 30b, but likely once
the frontispiece. Canterbury, England.
First half of eighth century. Manuscript illumination.
British Library, MS Cotton Vespasian A.i. [Fig. 5.5]

7. Carolingian. Equestrian statue of Charlemagne.
Early ninth century. Bronze with traces of gilt. Height: 9-1/2".
Musée du Louvre, Paris. [Fig. 5.6]

8. Map: The Empire of Charlemagne to 814.
[Fig. Map 5.2]

9. Carolingian. Monastery at St. Gall, Switzerland: Plan. Redrawn and translated from the
original parchment with red ink.
ca. 820. Drawing on parchment. 28" x 44-1/8".
Stiftsbibliothek, St. Gall, Switzerland. [Fig. 5.7]

10. Medieval English. Liber scivias: Hildegard's Vision
(facsimile of manuscript lost during World War II).
ca. 1150-1200. Manuscript illumination (facsimile).
[Fig. 5.8]

11. Musical Notation: Dixit Dominus from Psalm 109.
[Fig. 5-MN.1]

12. Musical Notation: Kyrie Eleison from opening of mass.
[Fig. 5-MN.2]

13. Ottonian. Gero Crucifix.
ca. 970. Oak, painted and gilded. Figure: 6' 2".
Cologne Cathedral, Germany. [Fig. 5.9]

14. Norman. The Bayeux Tapestry: King Edward the Confessor talking to Harold,
Earl of Wessex.
1070-80. Embroidered wool on linen. Entire length: 231'.
Musée de la Tapisserie, Bayeux, France/With special authorisation of the city of
Bayeux/The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 5-CL.1]

15. Norman. The Bayeux Tapestry: Harold swears allegiance to William.
1070-80. Embroidered wool on linen. Entire length: 231'.
Musée de la Tapisserie, Bayeux, France/With special authorisation of the city of
Bayeux/The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 5-CL.2]

16. Norman. The Bayeux Tapestry: The Normans sail for England.
1070-80. Embroidered wool on linen. Entire length: 231'.
Musée de la Tapisserie, Bayeux, France/With special authorisation of the city of
Bayeux/The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 5-CL.3]

17. Norman. The Bayeux Tapestry: After assuming the throne, Harold is disturbed by the
arrival of a comet.
1070-80. Embroidered wool on linen. Entire length: 231'.
Musée de la Tapisserie, Bayeux, France/With special authorisation of the city of
Bayeux/The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 5-CL.4]

18. Norman. The Bayeux Tapestry: Harold is hit by an error in the eye and is slain.
1070-80. Embroidered wool on linen. Entire length: 231'.
Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY. [Fig. 5-CL.5]

19. Romanesque. Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, Auvergne, France.
ca. 1050–1120.
[Fig. 5.10]

20. Map: The Pilgrimage routes.
[Fig. Map 5.3]

21. Romanesque. Reliquary effigy of Sainte-Foy. Made in the Auvergne region, France, for
the Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, France.
983-1013, with later additions. Gold and silver over a wooden core, with precious stones
and cameos. Height: 34".
Church Treasury, Conques. [Fig. 5.11]

22. Romanesque. Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, Auvergne, France: Nave interior.
ca. 1050-1120.
[Fig. 5.12]

23. Romanesque. Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, Auvergne, France: Plan, with
ambulatory and radiating chapels.
ca. 1050-1120.
[Fig. 5.13]

24. Romanesque. Diagram: Romanesque portal (two-tone drawing).
[Fig. 5.14]

25. Romanesque. Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, Auvergne, France: West portal,
tympanum, Last Judgment.
ca. 1065.
[Fig. 5.15]

26. Romanesque. Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques, Auvergne, France: West portal,
tympanum, Last Judgment. Detail.
ca. 1065.
[Fig. 5.16]

27. Romanesque. Abbey Church (Cluny III), Cluny, Burgundy, France.
View from the east. Reconstruction drawing after Conant.
1088-1130.
[Fig. 5.17]

28. Musical Notation: Diagram of melismatic organum from
Léonin’s “Halleluia, dies sanctificatus".
[Fig. 5.18]

29. Romanesque. Krak des Chevaliers, Syria.
First occupied 1109.
[Fig. 5.19]

30. Romanesque. Reconstruction: Stone Castle (color drawing).
Beginning 1078.
[Fig. 5.20]

31. Romanesque. Casket with scenes of courtly love, from Limoges.
ca. 1180. Champlevé enamel. 3-5/8" x 8-1/2" x 6-3/8".
© The Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, NY. [Fig. 5.21]

32. Gothic. Chrétien de Troyes, Romance of Lancelot:
Lancelot Crossing the Sword Bridge and Guinevere in the Tower.
ca. 1300. Manuscript illumination. 13-1/2" x 10".
© The Pierpont Morgan Library/Art Resource, NY. [Fig. 5.22]

33. Romanesque. Angel Subduing Demon. Decorated column capital in Romanesque style.
Church of Sainte-Madeleine, Vézelay, France.
ca. 1089-1206. Stone.
[Fig. 5.23]

34. Gothic. Angel & Virgin of the Annunciation. Reims Cathedral, Reims, France. West façade,
central portal. (Detail of fig. 6.13).
1245-55. Stone.
[Fig. 5.24]