Corvey und das Erbe der
Antike: Kaiser, Klöster und
Kulturtransfer im Mittelalter
Diözesanmuseum, Paderborn
21st September 2024–26th January
2025 |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. She-bear.
Roman with
19th-century
additions. Bronze,
85 by 75 by 95 cm.
(Domschatzkammer,
Aachen; exh.
Diözesanmuseum,
Paderborn).
Western art unattributed:
4. Bursa. Second
half of the 8th
century. Gold and
silver, fire gilt,
cloisonné, glass
and garnet inlay,
gems, pearls,
wooden core,
16 by 14 by 5.3
cm. (Staatliche
Museen zu
Berlin; exh.
Diözesanmuseum,
Paderborn).
Western art unattributed:
5. Stone plate
with inscription
from westwork
of Corvey
Abbey, 815–85.
Sandstone,
approx. 173 by
87 cm. (Corvey
Abbey; exh.
Diözesanmuseum,
Paderborn).
Book Review
The Cross, the Gospels, and the Work of Art in the Carolingian Age. By Beatrice E. Kitzinger
The Cross, the Gospels, and the Work
of Art in the Carolingian Age
By Beatrice E. Kitzinger. 322 pp. incl. 148 col.
ills. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
2018), £57.99. ISBN 978–1–108–42881–1. |
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Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Crucifixion, from the Angers Gospels.
Brittany or Loire Valley, late 9th–early 10th
century. Coloured ink on parchment, 30.7
by 21 cm. (Bibliothèque municipale Angers,
MS 24(20), fol.7v).