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15 Cards in this Set
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Pair of Merovingian looped fibulae, from Jouy-le-Comte, France, mid-sixth century. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones, 4” high. Musée d’Archéologie nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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Purse cover, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England, ca. 625. Gold, glass, and cloisonné garnets, 7 1/2” long. British Museum, London.
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Belt buckle, from the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England, ca. 625. Gold, 5 1/4” long. British Museum, London. |
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Viking ship burial, Oseberg, Norway, ca. 815–820. Wood, 70” 10 3/8” long.
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Animal-head post, from the Viking ship burial, Oseberg, Norway, ca. 825. Wood, head 5” high. University Museum of National Antiquities, Oslo. |
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Man (symbol of Saint Matthew), folio 21 verso of the Book of Durrow, possibly from Iona, Scotland, ca. 660–680. Ink and tempera on parchment, 9 5/8” x 6 1/8”. Trinity College Library, Dublin. |
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Cross-inscribed carpet page, folio 26 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels, from Northumbria, England, ca. 698–721. Tempera on vellum, 1’ 1 1/2” x 9 1/4”. British Library, London. |
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Saint Matthew, folio 25 verso of the Lindisfarne Gospels, from Northumbria, England, ca. 698–721. Tempera on vellum, 1’ 1 1/2” x 9 1/4”. British Library, London. |
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Equestrian portrait of Charlemagne or Charles the Bald, from Metz, France, ninth century. Bronze, originally gilt, 9 1/2” high. Musée du Louvre, Paris. |
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Saint Matthew, folio 15 recto of the Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book of Charlemagne), from Aachen, Germany, ca. 800–810. Ink and tempera on vellum, full page 1” 3/4” x 10”; detail 8 3/4”. Schatzkammer, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. |
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Saint Matthew, folio 18 verso of the Ebbo Gospels (Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims), from Hautvillers (near Reims), France, ca. 816–835. Ink and tempera on vellum, 10 1/4” x 8 3/4”. Bibliothèque municipale, Épernay.
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Crucifixion, front cover of the Lindau Gospels, from Saint Gall, Switzerland, ca. 870. Gold, precious stones, and pearls, 1’ 1 3/8” x 10 3/8”. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
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West facade (left) of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany, 792–805.
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Interior looking east (right) of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen, Germany, 792–805.
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Restored plan of the Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, Aachen,Germany, 792-805
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