Late Antique, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Europe Flashcards
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
Materials/Techniques: carved marble
Culture: Roman/Early Christian
Date/Period: after 359/Late Antique
Style Period: Roman/Early Christian
Discovery Date: 1597
Discovery Location: Old St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican City, Italy)
Repository: Museum of St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican City, Italy)
Reliquary in the shape of a sarcophagus
(with libation opening)
Type: reliquary
Materials/Techniques: carved marble
Culture: Byzantine
Date/Period: 400-600/Late Antique
Style Period: Byzantine
Discovery Location: Unknown
Repository: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)
Trier Ivory (a procession leading the relics of St. Stephen to the church)
Type: perhaps a reliquary panel
Materials/Techniques: carved ivory
Culture: European
Date/Period: 5th century/Byzantine
Style Period: Byzantine
Discovery Location: Trier (Germany)
Repository: Treasury of Trier Cathedral (Germany)
Reliquary Box with Stones from the Holy Land
Type: reliquary; box
Materials: painted wood, stone, wood fragments, plaster
Culture: Syrian or Palestinian
Date/Period: ca. 600/Byzantine
Style Period: Byzantine
Discovery Location: Unknown; surfaced in treasury of Sancta Sactorium (Rome, Italy)
Repository: Vatican Museum (Vatican City, Italy)
Brescia Casket
Type: box; perhaps a reliquary
Materials/Techniques: carved ivory
Culture: Early Christian
Date/Period: ca. 380/Early Christian
Style Period: Late Antique/Early Christian
Discovery Location: Unknown
Repository: Santa Giulia City Museum (Brescia, Italy)
Missorium of Theodosius I
Type: ceremonial dish
Materials: silver
Culture: Byzantine
Date/Period: ca. 388/Late Antique
Style Period: Byzantine
Origin: probably Constantinople
Discovery Date: 1847
Discovery Location: Spain
Repository: Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid, Spain)
Tapestry depicting Hestia Polyolbos
Type: tapestry; wall-hanging
Material: wool
Culture: Egyptian
Date/Period: 6th century/Late Antique
Style Period: Byzantine
Discovery Location: Unknown
Repository: Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC)
Marriage Agreement (Emperor Otto II and Empress Theophanu)
Type: certificate; document
Materials: purple parchment with gold ink, indigo
Culture: Byzantine
Date/Period: 972/Late Antique
Style Period: Byzantine/Ottonian Renaissance
Creation Location: possibly Fulda (modern day Germany)
Repository: Lower Saxony State Archive (Wolfenbuttel, Germany)
Belt Buckle (Sutton Hoo Treasure)
Type: ceremonial belt buckle
Materials/Techniques: gold with cast ornament and niello inlay
Culture: Anglo Saxon
Date/Period: ca. 615-625/Early Medieval
Discovery Date: 1939
Discovery Location: from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo (Suffolk, UK)
Repository: British Museum (London, UK)
Shoulder Clasps (Sutton Hoo Treasure)
Type: personal ornament
Materials/Techniques: gold, garnet, cloissoné, glass
Culture: Anglo Saxon
Date/Period: ca. 615-625/Early Medieval
Discovery Date: 1939
Discovery Location: from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo (Suffolk, UK)
Repository: British Museum (London, UK)
Purse lead (Sutton Hoo Treasure)
Type: accessory
Materials/Techniques: gold, enamel, millefiori glass
Culture: Anglo Saxon
Date/Period: ca. 615-625/Early Medieval
Discovery Date: 1939
Discovery Location: from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo (Suffolk, UK)
Repository: British Museum (London, UK)
Coins with their places of origin (Sutton Hoo Treasure)
Type: currency
Materials/Techniques: gold
Culture: various, many French
Date/Period: ca. 615-625/Early Medieval
Discovery Date: 1939
Discovery Location: from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo (Suffolk, UK)
Repository: British Museum (London, UK)
Hanging Bowl (Sutton Hoo Treasure)
Type: vessel
Materials/Techniques: bronze and enamel
Culture: Anglo Saxon
Date/Period: ca. 615-625/Early Medieval
Discovery Date: 1939
Discovery Location: from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo (Suffolk, UK)
Repository: British Museum (London, UK)
Lyre fragments (Sutton Hoo Treasure)
Type: instrument
Materials/Techniques: wood
Culture: Anglo Saxon
Date/Period: ca. 615-625/Early Medieval
Discovery Date: 1939
Discovery Location: from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo (Suffolk, UK)
Repository: British Museum (London, UK)
Lyre, reconstruction (Sutton Hoo Treasure)
Type: instrument
Materials/Techniques: wood
Culture: Anglo Saxon
Date/Period: ca. 615-625/Early Medieval
Discovery Date: 1939
Discovery Location: from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo (Suffolk, UK)
Repository: British Museum (London, UK)
Pulpit of Henry II
Type: ambon
Materials/Techniques: silver and bronze gilt, stone vessels, gemstones, ivory and brown enamel
Culture: German
Date/Period: ca. 1001-1014
Style Period: Ottonian (Early Medieval)
Repository: Palatine Chapel, within Aachen Cathedral (Aachen, Germany)
