2. Byzantine Empire “ An able Goth wants to be like a Roman; only a poor Roman would want to be like a Goth.” – Theodoric, King of the Visigoths

3. Early Medieval Art in the West

4. DANES (c. 960) NORSE (c. 970-1025) Areas Christianized, 900-1100

5. The Medieval Manuscript Parchment : Lambskin prepared as a surface for writing or painting. Vellum : Calfskin prepared as a surface for writing or painting.

7. In some instances, the animal ’s skin is then sanded.

8. Purple Dye = Murex Shell Blue = Lapis Lazuli Green = Verdigris Gold Leaf

9. Genesis Rebecca at the Well, Vienna Genesis , 6 th Century CE. Captain Marvel Origin Story, 1973.

10. Pentateuch Story of Adam and Eve, from the Ashburnham Pentateuch, 6 th Century CE. Abel tending his flock Cain working the land Cain Murdering Abel

11. Gospels Ascension, Rabbula Gospels, 6 th century CE. Matthew, the Man Luke, the Ox Mark, the Lion John, the Eagle

12. The British Isles Durrow Carpet Page, Book of Durrow, Hiberno-Saxon 600-660 CE

13. Gospel Page Carpet Page Incipit Page Book of Durrow, Hiberno-Saxon, 660-680

14. Man (symbol of St. Matthew) Eagle (symbol of St. John) Ox (symbol of St. Luke) Lion (symbol of St. Mark) Book of Durrow, Hiberno-Saxon, 660-680

15. St. Matthew from the Book of Durrow, Hiberno-Saxon, 660-680 Detail from the Purse Cover, Sutton Hoo, Anglo-Saxon, 7 th century.

16. St. Matthew from the Book of Durrow, Hiberno-Saxon, 660-680 Detail from the Purse Cover, Sutton Hoo, Anglo-Saxon, 7 th century.

17. St. John from the Book of Durrow, Hiberno-Saxon, 660-680 Detail from the Purse Cover, Sutton Hoo, Anglo-Saxon, 7 th century.

18. Mirror, Desborough, Anglo-Saxon, 1 st century BCE Carpet Page, Book of Durrow, Hiberno-Saxon 600-660 CE

19. Book of Durrow, Hiberno-Saxon, 660-680

20. Lindesfarne The British Isles Carpet Page, Lindisfarne Gospels, Scotland 710-725 CE.

21. Lindisfarne Monastery, Scotland.

22. Gospel Pages, Lindisfarne Gospels, Scotland 710-725 CE. Gospel Page Carpet Page Incipit Page

23. Gospel Pages, Lindisfarne Gospels, Scotland 710-725 CE. Matthew Luke Mark John

24. The Evangelist Matthew, Lindisfarne Gospels, Scotland 710-725 CE. Ezra Repairing the Gospels, Codex Amiatinus, 680-715.

25. Carpet Page, Lindisfarne Gospels, Scotland 710-725 CE.

26. Incipit Page, Lindisfarne Gospels, Scotland 710-725 CE.

27. The British Isles Chi-Rho Page, Book of Kells, 9 th Century CE Iona

28. Book of Kells, Hiberno-Saxon, 9 th Century CE. Gospel Page Carpet Page Incipit Page

30. Carpet Page, Book of Kells , Hiberno-Saxon, 9 th Century CE.

31. Beginning of Matthew, Book of Kells , Hiberno-Saxon, 9 th Century CE.

32. Chi Rho Iota Page, Book of Kells , Hiberno-Saxon, 9 th Century CE. Chi-Rho, San Vitale Ravenna, 547 CE

33. Two Cats Catching Mice Wafer

34. Gelasian Sacramentary, Merovingian, 8 th century Alpha Omega The beginning and the end.

35. Gelasian Sacramentary, Merovingian, 8 th century Fish = Ichthus I esous Ch ristos Th eou U ios S otor

36. Gelasian Sacramentary, Merovingian, 8 th century Visigothic Eagle Fibulae, Spain, 5-6 th century CE

37. Stave Church, Urnes, Norway, 12 th Century

38. Stave Church, Urnes, Norway, 12 th Century CE

39. Detail of Carving, Oseberg Ship Burial, Osberg, Norway, 825 CE. Stave Church, Urnes, Norway, 12 th century

40. The Secret of Kells, 2009.

41. The Secret of Kells, 2009.

42. The Secret of Kells, 2009.

43. ç The Secret of Kells, 2009.

44. The Secret of Kells, 2009.