Romanesque 2

Chapter 15 part 2

Earliest known illustrated history on the English This page deals with King Henry I (ruled from 1100-35)

Artist:

John of Worcester

Title:

Page with

The Dream of Henry I (Those Who Work; Those Who Fight;

Those Who Pray), Worcester Chronicle Medium: Ink and tempera on vellum

Size:

each page 12¾ X 9⅜”

Date:

c. 1140 Here the king is visited 3 consecutive nights by Farmers, knights, and abbots to demand tax relief He then promises God he will try to make them stop

Title: The Mouth of Hell,

Winchester Psalter

Medium:

Ink and tempera on vellum

Size:

12 ¾ X 9⅛" (32.5 X 23 cm)

Date:

c. 1150 Produced at the renowned scriptorium in Winchester The Gaping Jaws of Hell “Here is hell and the angels who are locking the doors” Frame represents door Angel locks red door plate Frenzy of creatures and tortured people in the center Reminders to kings and clergy their souls are still vulnerable

Title: Bishop Odo Blessing the Feast,

the Bayeux Tapestry

Medium:

Norman–Anglo-Saxon embroidery, linen with wool

Size:

height 20" (50.8 cm)

Date:

c. 1066–82 •1.6 by 224.3 ft) long embroidered cloth •Norman conquest of England as well as the events of the invasion itself •The tapestry is annotated in Latin.

commissioned and created by Queen Matilda, William the Conqueror's wife, as "La Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde" (Tapestry of Queen Matilda). However, scholarly analysis in the 20th century shows it probably was commissioned by William's half brother, Bishop Odo. 1) three of the bishop's followers mentioned in Domesday Book appear on the tapestry; 2) it was found in Bayeux Cathedral, built by Odo 3) it may have been commissioned at the same time as the cathedral's construction in the 1070s,

Title:

Detail,

Bishop Odo Blessing Feast,

the Bayeux Tapestry

Medium:

Norman–Anglo-Saxon embroidery, linen with wool

Size:

height 20" (50.8 cm)

Date:

c. 1066–82 Shows Odo blessing the Feast on the Eve of battle Made by needle and thread in a cross stitching pattern Has 3 registers Animals, dead soldiers, birds, musical instruments adorn the bottom registers

One of the most interesting sights in the Basilica of St. Ambrose is

St. Ambrose

himself! He is on display in the crypt,. His skeleton is glazed with a protective coating and dressed in full bishop's finery

Title:

Nave, Church of Sant’Ambrogio, Milan

Date:

Begun 1080; vaulted after an earthquake in 1117

Title:

Tomb cover with effigy of Rudolf of Swabia

Medium:

Bronze with niello

Size:

approx. 6'5½ X 2'2½" (1.97 X 0.68 m)

Date:

c. 1080 Bronze with niello Tomb effigies- portrait of the dead Oldest known bronze tomb effigy King Rudolph of Swabia, sided with the pope against Henry IV Dies in battle in 1080 Holds scepter and cross surmounted and Christian kingship

Title:

Facsimile frontispiece with Hildegard and Volmar,

Liber Scivias

Date:

1165–75 Hildegard, women writer and had divine visions She surmounted the women role in medieval society she founded an abbey Monk named Volmar decided to record her visions in a book Pictures shows her getting a vision in the form of fire from above, monk waits to record her words Also wrote on topics of science and medicine

Artist:

The Nun Guda

Title:

Page with self-portrait of the nun Guda

, Book of Homilies

Medium:

Ink on parchment

Size:

n/a

Date:

Early 12th century Nun Guda, painter and scribe Makes a self-portrait out of a D Says “ Guda, the sinful woman, wrote and illuminated this book” Earliest women signature on a book Soft, subtle, and sassy

Title:

Cathedral Complex, Pisa

Date:

Cathedral, begun 1063; Baptistry, begun 1153; Campanile, begun 1174; Campo Santo, 13th century

Artist:

Wiligelmus

Title: Creation and Fall,

West Façade, Modena Cathedral

Size:

Height approx. 3' (92 cm)

Date:

Building begun 1099; sculpture c. 1099–1100