Periods, Cultures, Styles > Ottonian
Ottonian
Refers to the period, style, and culture associated with the rule of the Ottonian (and sometimes also Salian) emperors.
Basics to get you started
Ottonian art, an introduction
The life of Christ in medieval and Renaissance art
The medieval calendar
Cross-cultural artistic interaction in the Middle Byzantine period
Who’s who? How to recognize saints…
The bestiary (book of beasts) in the medieval world, an introduction
Decorating the book
The medieval origins of the modern footnote
Architecture and liturgy
Clasps: hugging a medieval book
Listening to the medieval book
Making books for profit in medieval times
Making Manuscripts: The Page
Manuscripts: major works of art
Mapping the world
Medieval books in leather (and other materials)
Medieval churches: sources and forms
Medieval goldsmiths
Medieval manuscripts, an introduction
Medieval notepads
Medieval supermodels
Skins and scraps
The Alchemy of Color and Chemical Change in Medieval Manuscripts
The work of the scribe
The Bestiary
Travel, trade and exploration in the Middle Ages
Pilgrimage souvenirs
