Objects and Works of Art

Question 1

Pyxis of Princess Wallada

Answer 1

made by Khalaf, Madinat al-Zahra, Córdoba, Spain, ca. 966 CE

Question 2

Pyxis of al-Mughira

Answer 2

Madinat al-Zahra, Córdoba, Spain, 968

Question 3

The Munya of al-Rumaniyya

Answer 3

Córdoba, Spain, before 973

Question 4

Cluny III

Answer 4

Cluny, France, begun in 1088

Abbot Suger

Question 5

Saint-Pierre Abbey

Answer 5

Moissac, France, 1115-1130 (especially for portal and cloister capitals)

Question 6

Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Answer 6

Toulouse, France, consecrated 1096

Question 7

Fontevraud

Answer 7

France, abbey church built between 1105 and 1165

Question 8

Fontenay

Answer 8

France, built between 1139 and 1147

Question 9

Admont Bible

Answer 9

Salzburg, Germany, ca. 1140-1150

Question 10

Saint-Denis

Answer 10

France, renovations of Abbot Suger to chevet in 1140-1144 (focus on architectural innovations)

Question 11

Sketchbook of Villard d’Honnecourt

Answer 11

France, ca. 1230-1235

Question 12

Chora Monastery

Answer 12

Istanbul (historically Constantinople), Turkey 1315-1321 (architecture, mosaics, murals)

Question 13

Al-Aqmar Mosque

Answer 13

Cairo, Egypt 1125 (architecture, facade, inscriptions)

Question 14

Synagogue of El Tránsito

Answer 14

Toledo, Spain, 1357