S. Apollinare in Classe Head of Christ mosaic ca. 550 CE Ravenna, Italy |
S. Apollinare in Classe Interior View of Apse mosaic ca. 550 CE Ravenna, Italy |
Rogier Van der Weyden Braque Triptych, Interior Christ with Donors & Saints ca. 1450, oil on panel Paris, Musee du Louvre |
Rogier Van der Weyden Braque Triptych (right wing) Saint Mary Magdalen ca. 1450, oil on panel Paris, Musee du Louvre |
Giovanni da Milano Christ Breaking Bread at Supper ca. 1365, fresco Florence, Santa Croce |
Passion Sarcophagus 4th C CE, marble Rome, Lateran Museum |
Early Christian Ivory Plaques with Scenes of the Passion of christ420-30 CE London, British Museum |
Early Christian Casket Panel Crucifixion of Christca. 400 CE, ivory London, British Museum |
Early Christian Ampulae silver, 6th C Monza, Italy, Museo del Duomo |
Rabbula Gospels Crucifixion of Christ 586 CE Early Christian Manuscript Florence, Laurentian Library Ms.Cod. Plut. !, folio 56r |
Uta Codex, Evangeliary Symbolic Crucifixion of Christ ca. 1020 Ottonian Manuscript Munich, Bayerisches Staatsbibliothek Ms.Clm.13601, folio 3v |
Gero Crucifix from Cologne wood, before 976 Cologne Cathedral |
Gero Crucifix from Cologne Detail of Head of Christ wood, before 976 Cologne Cathedral |
Hortus Deliciarum Leviathan, folio 84r ca. 1170 German Manuscript (now destroyed) engraving after original Strasbourg, France |
Robert Campin Merode Altarpiece ca. 1426 oil on panel New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Robert Campin Merode Altarpiece (right wing) Saint Joseph in His Workshop ca. 1426 oil on panel New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Matthias Grunewald Isenheim Altar (first position) Crucifixion of Christ 1512-16 oil on panel Colmar, Germany Unterlinden Museum |
Matthias Grunewald Isenheim Altar (first position) Crucifixion of Christ detail 1512-16 oil on panel Colmar, Germany Unterlinden Museum |
Ingeborg Psalter Pentecost/Last Judgementca. 1195 German Manuscript Chantilly, France, Musee Conde Ms.9, folios 32v-33r |
Ingeborg Psalter Theophilus and the Devilca. 1195 German Manuscript Chantilly, France, Musee Conde Ms.9, folio 35v |
Ingeborg Psalter Virgin Saves Theophilus ca. 1195 German Manuscript Chantilly, France, Musee Conde Ms.9, folio 362r |
Michelangelo Pieta1498-99 marble Rome, St. Peter's Basilica |
Gertrudis Altar from Guelph Treasure View of Top Ottonian Metalwork ca. 1040 Cleveland Museum of Art |
Gertrudis Altar from Guelph Treasure View of Front Ottonian Metalwork ca. 1040 Cleveland Museum of Art |
Gertrudis Altar from Guelph Treasure View of Side Ottonian Metalwork ca. 1040 Cleveland Museum of Art |
Gertrudis Altar from Guelph Treasure View of Bottom Ottonian Metalwork ca. 1040 Cleveland Museum of Art |
View of Relics Found Inside Gertrudis Altar Ottonian Metalwork ca. 1040 Cleveland Museum of Art |
Antependium of Henry II Christ Adored by Emperor Ottonian Metalwork (Gold) ca. 1019 Paris, Cluny Museum |
Antependium of Henry II Detail View Ottonian Metalwork (Gold) ca. 1019 Paris, Cluny Museum |
Master of St. Giles Mass of St. Giles oil on panel 1495-1510 London, National Gallery |
Arch of Einhard from Maastricht Carolingian, ca. 810 (17th C Drawing) Paris, Bibliotheque National |
Arch of Einhard from Maastricht Carolingian, ca.810 (paper model) Paris, Bibliotheque National |
Three Kings Reliquary Nicholas of Verdun Twelve Apostles 1181-1230 Mosan metalwork Cologne, Cathedral |
Three Kings Reliquary Nicholas of Verdun Adoration of the Magi 1181-1230 Mosan metalwork Cologne, Cathedral |
Three Kings Reliquary Nicholas of Verdun Detail View 1181-1230 Mosan metalwork Cologne, Cathedral |
Three Kings Reliquary Nicholas of Verdun Detail View 1181-1230 Mosan metalwork Cologne, Cathedral |
Three Kings Reliquary Nicholas of Verdun Detail View 1181-1230 Mosan metalwork Cologne, Cathedral |
Three Kings Reliquary Nicholas of Verdun Detail View 1181-1230 Mosan metalwork Cologne, Cathedral |
Three Kings Reliquary Nicholas of Verdun Detail View 1181-1230 Mosan metalwork Cologne, Cathedral |
Three Kings Reliquary Nicholas of Verdun Detail View 1181-1230 Mosan metalwork Cologne, Cathedral |
Rogier Van der Weyden Exhumation of Saint Hubert 1437 oil on panel London, National Gallery |
Flavius Josephus Antiquities Judaiques et La Guerre des Juifd ca. 1465 French Manuscript Paris, Bibliotheque National Ms. fr.247, folio 89r |
Bayeaux Tapestry Arrival at Bayeaux & William Presides at Oath Ceremony before 1082 wool & linen tapestry Bayeux France |
Bayeaux Tapestry Harold Swears Oath to William & Harold Sails to England before 1082 wool & linen tapestry Bayeux France |
Bayeaux Tapestry Enthronement of William/ Comet in Sky & News Brought to Harold before 1082 wool & linen tapestry Bayeux France |
Reliquary of Charlemagne General View ca. 1215 Metalwork Aachen, Aix-le-Chapelle |
Reliquary of Charlemagne Front View ca. 1215 Metalwork Aachen, Aix-le-Chapelle |
Reliquary of Charlemagne Detail View Charlemagne ca. 1215 Metalwork Aachen, Aix-le-Chapelle |
Reliquary of Charlemagne Detail View King Frederick II ca. 1215 Metalwork Aachen, Aix-le-Chapelle |
Reliquary of Charlemagne Detail View ca. 1215 Metalwork Aachen, Aix-le-Chapelle |
Reliquary of Charlemagne Detail View Vision of Charlemagne ca. 1215 Metalwork Aachen, Aix-le-Chapelle |
Reliquary of Charlemagne Detail View Conquest of Pamplona ca. 1215 Metalwork Aachen, Aix-le-Chapelle |
Aachen Cathedral
begun 786 Aachen, Germany |
Bust of Charlegmagne Gold Metalwork ca. 1350 Aachen, Cathedral |