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"Merovingian and Early Carolingian Art": The Gundohinus Gospels
The Gundohinus Gospels (Autun, Bibliotheque municipale ms 3) date from about 30 years later than the Trier Gospels and carry us over into the Carolingian period with their precise dating of 754. R… more »
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"Merovingian and Early Carolingian Art": The Gundohinus Gospels
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 1 month ago: The Gundohinus Gospels (Autun, Bibliotheque municipale ms 3) date from about 30 years later than t … more »
"Merovingian and Early Carolingian Art": The Trier Gospels
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 1 month ago: The Trier Gospels (Trier Domschatz Codex 61) bring us into rather rarefied air, but one particular f … more »
"Merovingian and Early Carolingian Art": The Hypogeum of the Dunes
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 2 months ago: The Hypogeum of the Dunes outside of Poitiers especially captivated my students’ interest thi … more »
"Merovingian and Early Carolingian Art": The Cenotaphs of the Mausoleum at Jouarre
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 2 months ago: The cenotaph for the tomb of Abbesses Theodechilde, the first abbess of Jouarre, and that of the … more »
"Merovingian and Early Carolingian Art": The Crypt of the Abbey of Saint Paul, Part 1: The Sarcophagus of Agilbert
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 2 months ago: The mausoleum, and now crypt, of the Abbey of Saint Paul in Jouarre permits a plotting of three poi … more »
"Visigothic Art": Santa Maria Quintanilla de la Viñas
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Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 2 months ago: Complicated by restoration in the ninth or tenth century, dating proves especially tricky at Santa M … more »
"Visigothic Art": San Pedro de la Nave
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 2 months ago: Although the architectural structure was questionably reconstructed following a relocation, the carv … more »
"Visigothic Art": The Sacrifice of Isaac, a Flashback
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Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 2 months ago: Before examining the historiated capitals at San Pedro de la Nave, a brief flashback through monumen … more »
"Visigothic Art": San Juan de Banos
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 2 months ago: Although I focused on representational art in this survey class, the Visigothic material provided an … more »
"Irish and Hiberno-Saxon Art": A Post-script
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 2 months ago: Since I prioritize here the sharing of freely accessible internet resources, I would like to add an … more »
"Visigothic Art": The Treasure of Guarrazar
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 2 months ago: From Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts, the survey then turned to Spain and the Visigoths, beginning with th … more »
"Irish and Hiberno-Saxon Art": The Vespasian Psalter
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Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 3 months ago: To conclude the class, we shifted our attention to southern England to look at two manuscripts that … more »
"Irish and Hiberno-Saxon Art": The Durham Cassiodorus
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 3 months ago: We venture here into even greater obscurity, but the Durham Cassiodorus (Durham Cathedral Library, M … more »
"Irish and Hiberno-Saxon Art": The Echternach Gospels
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Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 3 months ago: The remaining manuscripts in this class on Irish and Hiberno-Saxon art lead us away from Irish mona … more »
"Irish and Hiberno-Saxon Art": The Later Durham Gospels
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 3 months ago: In the next reincarnation of this course, I will probably divide the Irish and Hiberno-Saxon mater … more »
"Irish and Hiberno-Saxon Art": The Lindisfarne Gospels
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 3 months ago: The colophon attributes the writing of the Lindisfarne Gospels to Eadfrith. His death in 721, ther … more »
"Irish and Hiberno-Saxon Art": The Tomb of Saint Cuthbert
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 3 months ago: At this point in the class, we turned to the monastery of Lindisfarne. I had by this point already … more »
"Irish and Hiberno-Saxon Art": The Book of Durrow
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 3 months ago: From the second half of the 7th Century, the Book of Durrow preserves an entire program of textual i … more »
"Irish and Hiberno-Saxon Art": The Earlier Durham Gospels
Kirsten Ataoguz wrote 3 months ago: In this day’s class, we covered many manuscripts, including two known as the Durham Gospels. … more »
