Anglo-Saxon book illumination
Anglo-Saxon book illumination is the figurative and ornamental design of manuscripts in England from the 7th to the 11th century.
history
The oldest ornate manuscripts in England show Irish influences in the decoration of the script and are assigned to the " insular style ". The figurative representations, on the other hand, are mostly based on late antique Italian models. These had come to England with the Roman mission of Augustine and other monks. The most important places of illumination were the monasteries in Lindisfarne , Monkwearmouth-Jarrow and Canterbury. Particular examples include the Codex Amiatinus or the Lindisfarne Gospels . Since the Viking raids in the late 8th century, the production of manuscripts came to a standstill.
Illuminated manuscripts began to appear again in England in the 10th century. These were more oriented towards the continental Carolingian and Ottonian models . A figurative style of its own developed in Winchester Abbey , which can also be found in sculpture and ivory carving.
Since the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the Romanesque style prevailed in the performing arts.
See also
- Major works of Anglo-Saxon book illumination
- Old English literature
- Insular book illumination
- Anglo-Saxon art
literature
- Brown, Michelle P., Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age , London: British Library, 2007 ISBN 9780712306805
- Nordenfalk, Carl, Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Painting: Book illumination in the British Isles 600-800 . New York: George Braziller, 1976, ISBN 978-0-8076-0825-8
- Ernst Günther Grimme : The history of occidental book painting , Cologne, DuMont ³1988. ISBN 3-7701-1076-5 .
- Otto Pächt : Illumination of the Middle Ages. An introduction , edited by Dagmar Thoss, Prestel, Munich 2004. ISBN 978-3-7913-2455-5 .
Web links
- Anglo-Saxon Manuscript Illumination in Oxford Bibliographies