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Four evangelists

the authors of the gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

Westwork

the monumental, west facing entrance section of a cathedral

Carolingian

the style of art in France that was inspired by the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne

Monastery

a place where communities of monks live lives of devotion to God in isolation from the outside world

Charlemagne

King of the Franks (r. 768-814); emperor (r. 800-814). Through a series of military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. Illiterate, though started an intellectual revival. (250)

Psalter

a collection of Psalms for liturgical use

Fibula

a decorative pin

British Isles

a group of islands of the western coast of Europe, made up of Great Britian, Ireland, and some small islands.

Cloisonné

a metalworking technique involving filling soldered sections with colored glass and stones

Hiberno-Saxon

a style of the Irish-England islands

Interlace pattern

a woven pattern created in the British Isles

Insular art

another term for Hiberno-Saxon style art

Codex

bound book

Horror vacui

fear of empty space

Scriptorium

large room in a monastery dedicated to the copying and maintaining of texts

Ottonian

of or pertaining to the German dynasty (Otto I, II, III) that ruled as emperors of the Holy Roman Empire [962-1002]

Sutton Hoo

of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries of the 6th century and early 7th century, one of which contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of artifacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance.

Bishop Bernward

one of the great patrons of Ottonian architecture, a tutor of Otto the Third, a builder of the Saint Michael at Hildesheism

Animal style

style of decoration featuring symmetrical design, interlaced organic and geometric shapes, and animal motifs

Vikings (Norsemen)

tba, one of a seafaring Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of northern and western from the eighth through the tenth century.