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what is the Vienna Genesis?
an illuminated manuscript of the book of genesis
What decorated the Vienna genesis’s pages?
Gold & Silver leaf and tempera paint
What kind of parchment is the Vienna Genesis
Vellum, calf skin
Culture: Virgin (Theotokos) and child between saints Theodore and George
Early Byzantine Europe
Medium: Virgin (Theotokos) and child between saints Theodore and George
Encaustic on wood
Location: Great Mosque of Cordoba
Cordoba, Spain
Medium: Great Mosque of Cordoba
architecture, stone masonry
What previous architectural styles are seen in the Great Mosque of Cordoba?
Hypostyle Columns
Date: Great Mosque of Cordoba
785-786ce
Culture: Great Mosque of Cordoba
Umayyad caliphate
Medium: Pyxis of al-Mughira
Ivory
Culture: Pyxis of al-Mughira
Umayyad
What is different about the Pyxis of al-Mughira?
It is secular and figurative
Date: Pyxis of al-Mughira
986 ce.
Medallion 1 of the al-Mughira Pyxis
Medallion 2 of the al-Mughira Pyxis
Medallion 3 of the al-Mughira Pyxis
Medallion 4 of the al-Mughira Pyxis
al-Mughira Pyxis: Inscription
“God’s blessing, beatitude to al-mughira, sin of the Commander of the Faithful, may God have mercy on him in the year 357”
Who is in the center of the tempenum at the Santa-foy?
Christ
Medium: Santa Sabina
Basilica
Date: Santa Sabina
422-432
Style: Santa Sabina
Materials: Santa Sabina
Brick and Stone, Wooden doors
Date: Vienna Genesis
Medium: Vienna Genesis
Date:Rebecca and Eliazar at the well
6ce
Medium:Rebecca and Eliezer at the well
Vellum, Gold, Pigment, and silver
Culture:Rebecca and Eliezer at the well
Byzantine
Date: San Vitale
526-547
Materials: San Vitale
Brick, Marble, and stone
Location: San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy
Culture: San Vitale
Early Byzantine, Christian
Date:Hagia Sofia
532-537
Culture:Hagia Sofia
Originally Christian, but then Muslim;byzantine europe
Architects:Hagia Sofia
Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus.
Materials:Hagia Sofia
Marble, stone, and mosaic.
Date: Merovingian Looped Fibulae
6ce
Materials: Merovingian Looped Fibulae
Gold, Enamel, precious metals
Culture: Merovingian Looped Fibulae
Visigothic
Date: Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George
6-7ce
Medium: Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George
Encaustic on wood
Culture: Theotokos and Child between Saints Theodore and George
Byzantine Christian
Culture: Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Umayyad
Date: Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Recipient: Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Al-Mughira, son of the caliph
Material: Pyxis of Al-Mughira
Ivory
What is a Pyxis?
Jar
Date: Church Of Santa Foy
1050-1130ce
Medium: Church Of Santa Foy
Stone, Tympannum, gems and precious metals,and enamel on wood
Location: Church Of Santa Foy
Conques, Frans
Date:Bayeux Tapestry
1066-1080ce