Early Medieval Art

Question 1

Answer 1

“Burial Ship Figurehead”

c. 815-820 CE

Wood

Unknown Artist

Early Medieval Art

Question 2

Answer 2

“Sutton Hoo Purse Cover”

c. 600-625 CE

Gold, garnet, enamel

Unknown Artist

Early Medieval Art

Question 3

Answer 3

“Page with Man, Gospel of Durrow”

c. 650 CE

Ink and tempera on parchment

Unknown Artist

Early Medieval Art

Question 4

Answer 4

“Chi Rho Iota Page, Book of Kells”

c. 800 CE

Ink and Pigment on Vellum

Unknown Artist

Early Medieval Art

Question 5

Answer 5

“The Abbey of Saint-Gall”

c. 817

Architecture

Unknown Artist

Medieval Art

Question 6

Answer 6

“Palace Chapel of Charlemagne”

792-805

Architecture

Unknown Artist

Early Medieval Art

Question 7

Answer 7

“Ebbo Gospel, Matthew the Evangelist”

c. 850 CE

Ink, gold and color on vellum

Unknown Artist

Early Medieval Art

Question 8

Answer 8

“Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode”

c. 961-973 CE

Architecture

Unknown Artist

Early Medieval Art

Question 9

Answer 9

“Doors of Bishop Bernward”

c. 1015

Bronze

Unknown Artist

Early Medieval Art

Question 10

Cloissonne

Answer 10

metal box work technique

Question 11

Openwork

Answer 11

the idea that when a piece is created, spaces are left open to see through the work

Question 12

Scriptorium

Answer 12

Latin for “writing place”, location where Monks are trained to read and write, institutional organization related to a monestary and a library

Question 13

Cloister

Answer 13

something removed from society, name for a square geometric garden framed by walkways

Question 14

Abbey

Answer 14

monestary community with a missionary ideal, helping communities with such things as hospitals etc.

Question 15

Choir

Answer 15

area of the Christian basillica that is the head of the cross, council of elders

Question 16

Crypt

Answer 16

hidden, the area underneath the church (usually the alter)