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Medieval Europe + Byzantine
c. 400 – 1300 C.E.

A beginner's guide
Introduction to the Middle Ages
A new pictorial language: The image in Early Medieval art
The medieval calendar
Chivalry in the Middle Ages
Medieval goldsmiths
Judaism in art
Jewish history to the middle ages
Writing a history of Jewish architecture
Medieval synagogues in Toledo, Spain
The Golden Haggadah
Book of Morals of Philosophers
The manuscripts of Luis de Carvajal
Altneushul, Prague
Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, Jobar (Syria)
Christianity in art
Christianity, an introduction
Standard scenes from the life of Christ in art
Architecture and liturgy
Books in Medieval Europe
A beginner's guide
Medieval manuscripts
Manuscripts: major works of art
Making manuscripts
The Bestiary
Making the medieval book
Listening to the medieval book
Parchment (the good, the bad, and the ugly)
Skins and scraps
An introduction to medieval scripts
The work of the scribe
Words, words, words: medieval handwriting
A medieval textbook
Making books for profit in medieval times
Decorating the book
Medieval supermodels
Binding the book
Clasps: hugging a medieval book
Medieval books in leather (and other materials)
Using the medieval book
The medieval desktop
Getting personal in the margins
Smart bookmarks
Finding books
The Medieval origins of the modern footnote
Medieval notepads
The medieval calendar
Early Christian
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Early Christianity, an introduction
Early Christian art
Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome
Early Christian art and architecture after Constantine
Santa Maria Antiqua
Santa Maria Antiqua Sarcophagus
Santa Pudenziana
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
Basilica of Santa Sabina, Rome
Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
The Vienna Genesis
The Story of Jacob from the Vienna Genesis
Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well from the Vienna Genesis
Classicism and the Early Middle Ages
The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Byzantine
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A beginner's guide
A beginner's guide to Byzantine art
Iconoclastic controversies
Ancient and Byzantine Mosaic Materials
Constantinople and the east
Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Theotokos mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Deësis (Christ with the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist), Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Hagia Sophia as a mosque
Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
The Emperor Triumphant (Barberini Ivory)
Ivory Panel with Archangel
The Paris Psalter
Icon with the Triumph of Orthodoxy
Venice and Ravenna
San Vitale and the Justinian Mosaic
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Anglo-Saxon England
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Brooch from Chessell Down
Fibulae
Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
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The Sutton Hoo purse lid
The Sutton Hoo helmet
The Lindisfarne Gospels
Carolingian
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Carolingian art, an introduction
Charlemagne (part 1 of 2): An introduction
Charlemagne (part 2 of 2): The Carolingian revival
Palatine Chapel, Aachen
Matthew in the Coronation Gospels and Ebbo Gospels
Saint Matthew from the Ebbo Gospels
Lindau Gospels cover
Mosaics, Santa Prassede (Praxedes), Rome
Ottonian
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Ottonian art, an introduction
Gospel Book of Otto III
Bronze doors, Saint Michael's, Hildesheim (Germany)
Romanesque
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Romanesque art, an introduction
Romanesque architecture, an introduction
Medieval churches: sources and forms
Pilgrimage routes and the cult of the relic
A look at modern veneration
France
Cluny Abbey
Saint-Pierre, Moissac
Last Judgment, Tympanum, Cathedral of St. Lazare, Autun (France)
Church and Reliquary of Sainte-Foy, France
Pentecost and Mission to the Apostles Tympanum, Basilica Ste-Madeleine, Vézelay (France)
Fontenay Abbey
Saint Trophime, Arles
Virgin and Child in Majesty
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The Basilica of San Clemente, Rome
The Romanesque churches of Tuscany: San Miniato in Florence and Pisa Cathedral
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The Art of Conquest in England and Normandy
The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry
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The Animated Bayeux Tapestry
Durham Cathedral
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Historiated capitals, Church of Sant Miquel, Camarasa
"Throne of Wisdom" sculptures
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Circle of the Master of Pedret, The Wise and Foolish Virgins
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Birth of the Gothic: Abbot Suger and the ambulatory at St. Denis
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Bible moralisée (moralized bibles)
Saint Louis Bible (Moralized Bible or Bible moralisée)
The Virgin of Jeanne d’Evreux
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Southwell Minster
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Wells Cathedral
Ely Cathedral's Lady Chapel
Henry VII Chapel
The Wilton Diptych
Germany, Italy and the Czech Republic
Bonaventura Berlinghieri, Saint Francis Altarpiece
Röttgen Pietà
Altneushul, Prague
The Crusades
What were the crusades?
How was crusading justified?
The when, where and who (of crusading)
The impact of the crusades

Making manuscripts

by The J. Paul Getty Museum

Video from the J. Paul Getty Museum

Cite this page as: The J. Paul Getty Museum, "Making manuscripts," in Smarthistory, December 21, 2015, accessed August 21, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/making-manuscripts/.

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