Nave of the Romanesque church at Anzy-le-Duc in Burgundy, France
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Ezechial in the Bury Bible, a masterpiece of romanesque illumination done by Master Hugo
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Worms Cathedral’s Architecture
Only the ground plan and the lower part of the western towers belong to the original building consecrated in 1110. The remainder was mostly finished by 1181, but the west choir and the vaulting were built in the 13th century, the elaborate south portal was added in the 14th century, and the central dome has been rebuilt.
The ornamentation of the older parts is simple; even the more elaborate later forms show no high development of workmanship. Unique sculptures depicting salvation stories appear above the Gothic-era south doorway. The baptismal font contains five remarkable stone reliefs from the late 15th century. The church’s original windows were destroyed by bombing in 1943; between 1965 to 1995 new windows were made by Mainz artist Alois Plum.
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Worms Cathedral (known variously in German as the Dom, Kaiserdom, Wormser Dom or Dom St. Peter) is one of the finest examples of High Romanesque architecture in Germany.
For nearly 1000 years, the unique and majestic Worms Cathedral has risen above all the other ancient buildings of the city, dominating the skyline even from a distance. Its original Romanesque architecture and splendid carvings are still exceptionally well-preserved.
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Gospels of Henry the Lion
Unknown Miniaturist, German (active 1175-1188 in Helmarshausen)
Between 1175 and 1188
340mm x 245mm
***The gospel book, preserved completely intact, with 50 full page miniatures, is kept in the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, and for security reasons is displayed only once every two years.
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The Gospels of Henry the Lion, Order of Saint Benedict — $11.7 million
Originally commissioned by Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, for the altar of the Virgin Mary at the Brunswick Cathedral, this gospel book was purchased by the German government at Sotheby’s of London in 1983 for £8,140,000, or about $11.7 million (at the time). At 266 pages, including 50 full-page illustrations, the book is considered a masterpiece of the 12th century Romanesque illuminated manuscript.
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A picture of a white war elephant from 11th century Spain
The Gloucester Candlestick is an elaborately decorated English Romanesque gilt-bronze candlestick, now in the Victoria and Albert Museumin London. It was made for Gloucester Cathedral between 1104 and 1113.
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Husaby, near Kinnekulle, is a village in Sweden. It is most known for the old stone church Husaby Church. Olof Skötkonung, the first Christian king of Sweden, is rumoured to have allowed himself to be baptised at a well by the church in 1008. Architecturally, it is remarkable for its steep walls and high towers, arguably the only Romanesque architecture in Sweden of that kind.
Our Lady of Flanders’ Cathedral is a historical building in Tournai, Belgium. It has been classified both as a Wallonia’s major heritage and as a World Heritage Site.
Begun in the 12th century on even older foundations, the building combines the work of three design periods with striking effect, the heavy and severe character of the Romanesque nave contrasting remarkably with the Transitional work of the transept and the fully developed Gothic of the choir. The transept is the most distinctive part of the building, with its cluster of five bell towers andapsidal (semicircular) ends.
Painted ceiling of a Spanish crypt
Master Mateo (active 1161-1217)
Portico de la Gloria
1168-88
Stone
Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela
Source and brief info about Romanesque art on a great blog, on of my favorites , Idle Speculations (blogspot not tumblr)
Master Mateo (active 1161-1217)
Portico de la Gloria
1168-88
Stone
Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela
Source and brief info about Romanesque art on a great blog, on of my favorites , Idle Speculations (blogspot not tumblr)
Master Mateo (active 1161-1217)
Portico de la Gloria
1168-88
Stone
Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela
Source and brief info about Romanesque art on a great blog, on of my favorites , Idle Speculations (blogspot not tumblr)
View from the east.
The Speyer Cathedral (officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Latin: Domus sanctae Mariae Spirae) is the biggest Romanesque church ever built, a powerful symbol of the mighty medieval emperors of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
