Romanesque 2

Chapter 15 part 2

Artist: John of WorcesterTitle: Page with The Dream of Henry I (Those Who Work; Those Who Fight; Those Who Pray), Worcester Chronicle Medium: Ink and tempera on vellumSize: each page 12¾ X 9⅜”Date: c. 1140

Earliest known illustrated history on the English

This page deals with King Henry I (ruled from 1100-35)

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 vellumSize: 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 woolSize: height 20" (50.8 cm)Date: c. 1066–82

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 Odo3) it may have been commissioned at the same time as the cathedral's construction in the 1070s,

•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.

Title: Detail, Bishop Odo Blessing Feast, the Bayeux Tapestry Medium: Norman–Anglo-Saxon embroidery, linen with woolSize: 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

Title: Nave, Church of Sant’Ambrogio, Milan Date: Begun 1080; vaulted after an earthquake in 1117

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: Tomb cover with effigy of Rudolf of Swabia Medium: Bronze with nielloSize: 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 GudaTitle: Page with self-portrait of the nun Guda, Book of Homilies Medium: Ink on parchmentSize: n/aDate: 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: WiligelmusTitle: Creation and Fall, West Façade, Modena Cathedral Size: Height approx. 3' (92 cm)Date: Building begun 1099; sculpture c. 1099–1100