Figure 16-2; Sutton Hoo purse cover
the most extraordinary of all the Sutton Hoo finds
from the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England
ca. 625
made of gold, glass, and enamel cloisonn� with garnets and emeralds
7.5 inches long
Four symmetrically arranged groups of figures make up the lo
Figure 16-3: Viking Animal Head
16-3 Animal-head post
CA 825 CE
Oseberg, Norway
Head approximately 5" high
University Museum of National Antiquities, Oslo
Lots of early Viking art was associated with their great wooden ships
The ship this wooden carving was found in was more than 70 fee
Figure 16-4; Stave Church door
16-4 Wooden portal of the stave church
CA 1050-1070
Urnes, Norway
Staves- wedge-shaped timbers placed vertically
Much of Scandinavia had become Christian, but Viking artistic traditions persisted
Gracefully elongated animal forms intertwine flexible plant
Figure 16-5; Book of Durrow
Figure 16-5
Book of Durrow
(Man, symbol of Saint Matthew)
Iona, Scotland
660 - 680
� Ink and tempera on parchment
� Gospel book
� Includes full pages devoted to neither text nor illustration but pure embellishment (one of the most characteristic features
Figure 16-6; Lindisfarne Gospel Carpet Page
Figure 16-6
Lindisfarne Gospels
(Cross and carpet page)
Northumbria, England
698 - 721
� Tempera on vellum
� According to later colophon, Eadfirth, Bishop of Lindisfarne, wrote the Lindisfarne Gospels "for God and Saint Cuthbert."
� Intricate and compact
Figure 16-7; Lindisfarne Gospel St. Matthew
Figure 16-7
Lindisfarne Gospel St. Matthew
Northumbria, England
698-721
� Northern artist based composition in classical image in imported Mediterranean book
� Model for piece must have been from an illustrated Gospel book brought from Italy to England
�
Figure 16-8; Book of Kells
Figure 16-8
Book of Kells
(Chi-rho-iota page)
Iona, Scotland
Late 8th or Early 9th Century
� Most elaborately decorated of the Insular Gospel books
� Described by Medieval commentators in 1003 as "the chief relic of the western world"
� Probably created f