Romanesque Art

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Detail of the prophet Jeremiah, from the south portal of the Priory church
Of Saint-Pierre, Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, France

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Those Who Work: Those who Write; Those Who Pray, detail from Worcester Chronicle,
England, c. 1140, ink on vellum Crusades, b. 1095

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Detail from a manuscript of vassals paying fealty to the feudal lord for use of the land (fief)
Ca. 11th century, ink on parchment

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od Measuring the World, illumination
from a “moralized bible,” ca. 12th century,
France, in on vellum

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Pilgrimage routes
“Way of St. James”
Cult of Relics
Monasteries/Convents

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Reliquary Statue of Saint Foy, late 9th century and later editions, gilding on wood with gems

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Abbey church of Conques, France, aerial view and apsidal chapel

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*Reconstruction drawing of the Cathedral of Saint James, Santiago de Compostela,
Spain, 1078-122
Campus stellae (“plain of stars”)

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*Plan of Santiago de Compostela, c. 1078-
1122/Romanesque, Spain/ ambulatory

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*View of the transept of Santiago de Compos-
etla, c. 1078-1122/Romanesque, Spain

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Plan, Abbey Church of Notre-Dame, Fontenay, Burgundy, France, c. 1139-47

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Nave, Abbey Church, Fontenay
Cistercians, ribbed barrel vault

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West Façade and Plan of Durham Cathedral, Northumberland,
England, 1075-1100s

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*Nave of Durham Cathedral, England, late 11th-early 12th century with Gothic additions
Rib vaulting

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Church of Saint-Etienne, Caen, Normandy, France, c. 1064-77 (gothic spires)
Buttresses, stringcourses

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*Cathedral Complex, Pisa, Cathedral (b. 1063); Baptistry (b. 1153); Campanile (b. 1174)

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West Façade and Nave, Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, German, c. 1080-1106

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View of south portal, priory church of Saint-Pierre, Moissac, Tarn-et-Garrone, France, c. 1115-30

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Hint: a good diagram to know!
Additional term: trumeau

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Christ in Majesty, Saint-Pierre, Moissac, France, c. 1115-30

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Lions and the Prophet Jeremiah, Trumeau of the south portal, Saint-Pierre, Moissac, c. 1115-30

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*Gislebertus, West Portal with Last Judgment from the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, Autun,
c. 1130-45
mandorla

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Gislebertus, Eve, from the north portal, St. Lazare, Autun, 1120-32

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*Christ in Majesty, details of apse, Church of San Climent, Catalunya, Spain, 1123, fresco

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Craft Guilds
Guild master, journeyman, apprentice

Illumination depicting a metalsmith and
The shield of the smithing guild, ca. 12th
Century, ink on vellum

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*Virgin and Child in Majesty, from France, late
12th century, wood (oak)

Auvergne, Aquitaine

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Norman Conquest
(1066)
William the Conqueror
Edward the Confessor
Harold Godwinson

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The Death of King Edward, dtl from the Bayeux Tapestry, c. 1066-82, embroidery on linen

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*Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast, from the Bayeux Tapestry, c. 1066-82, embroidered tapestry

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Messengers Signal the Appearance of a Comet (Halley’s Comet), from the Bayeux Tapestry,
c. 1066-82, embroidered tapestry

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Harold Meets William, from the Bayeux Tapestry, c. 1066-82
marginalia

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*Self-Portrait of the Nun Guda from the Book
Of Homilies from Germany, early 12th cen.,
ink on parchment

Caroline miniscule
Inhabited or historiated initial

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Page with Hellmouth from the Winch-
ester Psalter, England, c. 1150, ink on
vellum
Inscription reads:
“Here is hell and the angels who are
Locking the doors.”
Psalm (from “psalmoi”)
Mystery plays

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Tree of Jesse, illumination from c. 1140,
England