Art in the Ancient World
A U G U S T I N E C O L L E G E
Byzantine
Manuscript illumination Carolingian | David playing the Lyre The Good Samaritan
Rossano Gospels perhaps made in Constantinople | 6th C The body of St. Catherine transported to Mt. Sinai
Belles Heures of Jean, duc de Berry, 15th C Psalter | Psalm 11 1180–1200 | ENGLISH Book of Kells late 8th or early 9th century Codex Aureus Laurensius
Gospels 778 to 820 Opening of the Gospel of Luke 1020 BYZANTINE The Gospel of Mark
The Evangelist Mark Seated at His Desk 1025-50 BYZANTINE The Creation
detail Moralized Bible, 1220 FRENCH Christ in Majesty
1200 Westminster Psalter The Crucifixion and the Deposition of Christ
with Ecclesia and Synagoga
1235 Psalter of Blanche of Castile Missal Italy | 1250 The Belleville Breviary
14th C | Jean PUCELLE The Belleville Breviary 14th C | FRENCH Altar-hanging of the Crucifixion
painted in grisaille for the Church of St. Just, Narbonne
1364-78
Louvre Ecclesia Synagoga
Altar-hanging made for Church of St. Just, Narbonne 1364-78 | Louvre The Wilton Diptych
Richard II Presented to the Virgin and Child by his Patron Saint John the Baptist and Saints Edward and Edmund
1395 The Wilton Diptych back
1395 Arms and helmet of Richard II Emblem of Richard II The Wilton Diptych back
1395
The Wilton Diptych
Richard II Presented to the Virgin and Child by his Patron Saint John the Baptist and Saints Edward and Edmund
1395 The Wilton Diptych
The Virgin and Child
1395 The Wilton Diptych detail
St. Nicholas Book of Hours c. 1400 Saints jamb figures | Notre-Dame, Laon Saints Elizabeth of Hungary, Clare, & Louis of France
Simone MARTINI | 1322-26
Virgin of the Annunciation
Early 14th C | French The Annunciation 1333 | Simone MARTINI The Crucifixion
1370 Andrea di BONAIUTO
Crucifixion
shrine of St. Denis rock crystal | 9th C CAROLINGIAN The Crucifixion
11th C Mosaic Monastery Church, Daphni, Greece Crucifixion
late 12th C BYZANTINE Cathedral of St. Cecilia Albi, France Cathedral of St. Peter & St. Paul Naumburg, Germany | 11th to 13th C Crucifixion
St-Gilles-du-Gard | 1150-1200 Cathedral, Wells
Transept crossing GOTHIC | 1338 Scenes from the Life of Mary
Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, France south portal | 13th C The Dormition of the Virgin Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, France south portal | 13th C The Coronation of the Virgin Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, France south portal | 13th C The Coronation of the Virgin Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, France south portal | 13th C Annunciation & Visitation Nativity Adoration of the Magi Presentation in the Temple
Portable altarpiece
ivory | FRENCH late 14th C Annunciation Nativity
Altarpiece of the Coronation of Mary 1330 | Bernardo DADDI The Madonna of Mercy Madonna della Misericordia
1320 Lippo MEMMI The Madonna of Mercy Madonna della Misericordia
1320 Lippo MEMMI The Holy Theotokos Adoring the Christ Child
fresco Church of Chora (Constaninople) BYZANTINE ‘Madonna della Bruna’ Della Bruna Master | 1270 | ITALIAN The Virgin and Child
14th C Allegretto NUZI The Virgin and Child
detail 14th C Allegretto NUZI Virgin and Child
1260-70 FRENCH ivory carving
Virgin and Child
Byzantine Greek, Hodegetria (literally, ‘she who shows the way’)
1230 | BERLINGHIERO Santa Maria la Nuovo Monreale, Sicily | 12th C Santa Maria la Nuovo Monreale, Sicily | 12th C Santa Maria la Nuovo Monreale, Sicily 12th C Santa Maria la Nuovo Monreale, Sicily | 12th C The Virgin and Child
1315 Simone MARTINI The Annunciation 1333 | Simone MARTINI
The Annunciation detail of Mary
1333 Simone MARTINI The Temptation of Christ DUCCIO 1308-11