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Early Medieval Art
Book of Kells
Godescalc Evangelistary
Utrecht Psalter
Etc.
Book of Matthew, chapter one, verse
eighteen from The Book of Kells
late 8th or early 9th century
oxgall inks and pigments on vellum
Note the influence of Celtic design motifs
on Early Medieval Illumination
•animal style
•ribbon interlace
•interlace patterns
Page with Mark the Evangelist
Book of Mark, Godescalc Evangelistary
781-783
ink, gold, colors on vellum
Note the influence of a Roman visual
vocabulary on this representation of Mark the
Evangelist.
What is Mark doing?
Why is Mark speaking to a lion?
Why does the lion have a halo?
Does Mark’s body make “sense?”
Page with Christ in Majesty
Book of Mark, Godescalc Evangelistary
781-783
ink, gold, colors on vellum
Note the influence of a Roman visual
vocabulary on this representation of Christ in
Majesty.
What is Christ doing?
Why does the wall behind Christ represent?
On what is Christ sitting?
What is Christ holding--probably?
What does the “strange” wide-eyed stare
signify?
The Annunciation
c. 1020
Illumination
What is the annunciation?
York Psalter
Expulsion from Paradise
c. 1170
Illumination on parchment
What is the argument presented in these two
images?
detail from Utrecht Psalter ca. 850
Christ Washing the Feet of His
Disciples
Aachen Gospels of Otto III
c. 1000
What does the architectural
form behind Christ represent?
The Kiss of
Judas
Aachen Gospels
of Otto III
c. 1000