Major Medieval Artworks

792-805: Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne: Otto of Metz: Aachen, Germany
810: Gospel of Charlemagne
820: Ebbo Gospels, St. Matthew: Archbishop, Hildeshiem, Ge: Reims School, Hautvilliers, France
900-1000: Sacrifice of Iphigenia Veroli Casket: Constantinople, Byzantium
975-1000: Cruxifixion, Cologne athedral
1000: Hosios Loukas Katholikon: Theotokos: Distomo, Greece
1000: Gospel of Otto:
1013: San Miniato al Monte: Florence, Italy
1115: St. Marys Cathedral of Hildeshiem: Bishop Berward: Hildeshiem, Germany
1063: Abbey Church of St. Etienne: William the Conquerer: Caen, France
1063: Duomo of Piazza dei Miracoli: Busheto: Pisa, Italy
1077: Bayeux Tapestry: Odo: Bayeux, Normandy, France
1080: St. Ambrogio Basilica: Ambrose: Milan, Italy
1093: Durham Cathedral of St Cuthbert: Durham, England
1094: Basilica di San Marco a Venezia: Contarini: Venice, Italy
1144: Basilique St. Denis: Abbot Suger: Paris, France
1194-1220: Our lady of Chartres Cathedral: Chartres, France

David Composing Psalms

Name: David composing Pslams, Paris Psaltar
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Date: 960 AD
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Style: Mid-Byzantine
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Iphigenia Veroli

Name: Veroli Casket of the Sacrifice of Iphigenia
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Date:900 to 1,000 AD
Location: Constantinople, Byzantium
Size: 16 inches long
Style: mid-Byzantine
Material: Ivory
Construction/Technique: high relief
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Doumo of Piazza dei Miracoli

Name: Doumo of Piazza dei Miracoli, Santa Maria Assunta
Artist: Buscheto
Date: 1063
Location:Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Size: 5 nave, 3 transept
Style: Pisan-Romanesque with Byzantine murals
Material: Grey marble, white stone
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The leaning Tower of Pisa

Name: Leaning tower of Pisa
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Date: 1173-1392
Location: Pisa, Italy
Size: 186 feet high
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Construction/Technique: Campanile
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The Church of Pisa

Name: Baptistry of John
Artist:Diotisalvi
Date: 1363
Location: Pisa, Italy
Size: circum. 117m
Style: Romanesque and Gothic
Material: marble
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Chartres Cathedral

Name: Our Lady of Chartres Cathedral
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Date: 1194-1220
Location: Chartres, France southwest of Paris
Size: tall spire: 375 feet, short spire: 350 total area: 117,000 square feet
Style: Gothic (one of the finest examples)
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History: houses sancta camisa relic

St. Denis

Name: Basilique Saint-Denis
Artist: Abbot Suger
Date: 1144
Location: Paris, France
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Style: mainly Romanesque, but first Gothic used
Material: only original in ambulatory
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History: all but three French kings buried here