and Matildas children, the dating of the manuscript should therefore be sit. Its grandiose size and sophisticated design-both due to Charlemagne’s personal sponsorship of the project-would surely have placed it among the finest Carolingian basilicas ever erected. and Matildas children are not depicted in the Gospel Book will be intro. The destruction of Saint-Riquier is especially unfortunate. Title Gospel of Ebbo (Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims) Saint Matthew, Evangelist MS 1, folio 92vWork Type illuminated manuscript Date c. Saint-Riquier thus had six towers rising above the horizontal roofline of the basilica, balancing one another in two groups of three at each end of the nave, which excavations have revealed was much longer than it appears in the engravings. Below are 51 manuscripts and early writers referencing Matthew. Dominating the entire building were the two monumental crossing towers where the transepts intersected the nave. 16-22 and 16-23)-may reflect the dual dedication of the church. The church’s two transepts-a design repeated in many other early medieval churches (FIGS. The same is true with the Comma Johanneum (first showing up in the Latin the Codex Monacensis 6th century). Two towers also flanked the apse at the eastern end of the church, where Saint Riquier’s tomb and altar were located. The question asked about the Pericope Adulterae, the story of the woman taken in adultery from John 7:53-8:11: This did not show up in manuscripts (the Codex Bezae) until much later (4th 5th century). At the west end was one of the earliest examples of a Carolingian westwork with flanking towers containing spiral staircases, as at Aachen (FIG. The largest church, dedicated to Saint Riquier and the Savior, had a characteristic Carolingian westwork, two transepts, and six towers. What is typically Carolingian about this abbey? �Īnswer: Abbey of Sainte-Riquier (Figure 16-19A). Manuscripts that survive from the European Middle Ages are generally religious books that reflect the canon, doctrine and practices of Christianity, though there are Jewish and Muslim books and other types of books that survive from this time period as well.
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