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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