Final Exam Review
Thursday, November 21, 2024 10:24 AM
Early Medieval Slide ID
Title: Purse Cover
Artist (if there is one): N/A
Location of original: Sutton Hoo burial in Suffolk, England
Style: Anglo Saxon
Medium: gold, glass and enamel cloisonne with garnets and emeralds
Notes:
- Purse cover includes
○ Large-beaked birds that are attacking ducks
○ Interlacing animal figures
○ Cloisonne: decorative work in which enamel, glass, or gemstones are
separated by strips of flattened wire placed edgeways on a metal
backing.
○ Blue millefiore: very old technique used in glassmaking that produces
elaborate work consisting of a multitude of small glass rods, bevels and
canes that have been fused together and shaped into different designs.
○ Pyramids of geometric patterns
○ Heraldic Motif ( left side mirrors right side)
Art Hist I Page 1
, Title: Man (symbol of Saint Matthew), folio 21 verso of the BOOK OF
DURROW
Artist: N/A
Location of original: Iona, Scotland
Style: Hiberno- Saxon
Medium: ink and tempera on parchment
Notes:
- Oldest existent complete illuminated Gospel from Ireland or
Britain
- 248 folios
- Symbol of man later had wings
- Carpet page = canon table
Title: Cross and Carpet page, folio 26 verso of Lindisfarne Gospels
Artist: N/A
Original Location: Northumbria, England
Style: Anglo Saxon
Medium: tempera on vellum
Notes:
- 258 leaves
- Made to hone St. Cuthbert
- Latin written by Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Bound by Ethelwald, Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Anglo Saxon text added by Aldred
General Knowledge:
- Lindisfarne Gospels
○ 258 leaves/folios
○ 15 elaborate fully decorated folios
○ Earliest translation of the Gospels into the English language
○ Ceremonial use
Art Hist I Page 2
, Title: Saint Matthew, folio 25 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels
Artist: N/A
Location of Origin: Northumbria, England
Style: -Saxon
Medium: tempera on vellum
Notes:
- Classical (Greek) influence in clothing and sandals
Title: Chi-rho-iota page (folio 34 recto of the book of Kells)
Artist: N/A
Location of Origin: Iona, Scotland
Style: Hiberno-Saxon
Medium: Tempera on vellum
Notes:
- Book of Kells (calfskin vellum):
○ Reflects artistic freedom and creativity
○ Chief relic of Western world, insular style
○ Insular script written in Latin using majuscule letters
○ By followers of St. Columba at Iona or Kells
○ 340 folios, cover was stolen
○ Intricate, abstract designs resemble metalwork
- Interlacing with alternating colors and animals heads
- There are three men or angels
- Cat and mice playing, mice is tugging at Eucharist bread
Art Hist I Page 3
Thursday, November 21, 2024 10:24 AM
Early Medieval Slide ID
Title: Purse Cover
Artist (if there is one): N/A
Location of original: Sutton Hoo burial in Suffolk, England
Style: Anglo Saxon
Medium: gold, glass and enamel cloisonne with garnets and emeralds
Notes:
- Purse cover includes
○ Large-beaked birds that are attacking ducks
○ Interlacing animal figures
○ Cloisonne: decorative work in which enamel, glass, or gemstones are
separated by strips of flattened wire placed edgeways on a metal
backing.
○ Blue millefiore: very old technique used in glassmaking that produces
elaborate work consisting of a multitude of small glass rods, bevels and
canes that have been fused together and shaped into different designs.
○ Pyramids of geometric patterns
○ Heraldic Motif ( left side mirrors right side)
Art Hist I Page 1
, Title: Man (symbol of Saint Matthew), folio 21 verso of the BOOK OF
DURROW
Artist: N/A
Location of original: Iona, Scotland
Style: Hiberno- Saxon
Medium: ink and tempera on parchment
Notes:
- Oldest existent complete illuminated Gospel from Ireland or
Britain
- 248 folios
- Symbol of man later had wings
- Carpet page = canon table
Title: Cross and Carpet page, folio 26 verso of Lindisfarne Gospels
Artist: N/A
Original Location: Northumbria, England
Style: Anglo Saxon
Medium: tempera on vellum
Notes:
- 258 leaves
- Made to hone St. Cuthbert
- Latin written by Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Bound by Ethelwald, Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Anglo Saxon text added by Aldred
General Knowledge:
- Lindisfarne Gospels
○ 258 leaves/folios
○ 15 elaborate fully decorated folios
○ Earliest translation of the Gospels into the English language
○ Ceremonial use
Art Hist I Page 2
, Title: Saint Matthew, folio 25 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels
Artist: N/A
Location of Origin: Northumbria, England
Style: -Saxon
Medium: tempera on vellum
Notes:
- Classical (Greek) influence in clothing and sandals
Title: Chi-rho-iota page (folio 34 recto of the book of Kells)
Artist: N/A
Location of Origin: Iona, Scotland
Style: Hiberno-Saxon
Medium: Tempera on vellum
Notes:
- Book of Kells (calfskin vellum):
○ Reflects artistic freedom and creativity
○ Chief relic of Western world, insular style
○ Insular script written in Latin using majuscule letters
○ By followers of St. Columba at Iona or Kells
○ 340 folios, cover was stolen
○ Intricate, abstract designs resemble metalwork
- Interlacing with alternating colors and animals heads
- There are three men or angels
- Cat and mice playing, mice is tugging at Eucharist bread
Art Hist I Page 3
