ARHI 2300 1st Edition Lecture 18Outline of Last Lecture I. San VitaleII. Justinian and His Retinue MosaicIII. Theodora and Her CourtOutline of Current Lecture I. Lindisfarne Gospels, Hiberno-Saxon, c. 698-721 CECurrent LectureI. Lindisfarne Gospels, Hiberno-Saxon, c. 698-721 CEa. Early medieval period (500-1000 CE); sometimes called the dark agesa. The Bubonic Plague causes a lot of political upheavalb. Monastery was where monks tried to preserve history through booksa. Arches near the Lindisfarne monastery confirm that the Romans were hereb. 676 CE: Priest named Cuthbert arrived Lindisfarne monastery and lived thereThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. people converted to Christianity because of the good example that he setii. Cuthbert became a saint after he died in 687 CEc. The Lindisfarne Gospels were created by the new Bishop of Lindisfarne monastery, Bishop Eadfirth, in the memory of Cuthburtc. Books were rare at this time; they were done completely by hand d. Gospel means “The Good Word” a. Materials: vellum (sheepskin), ink, gold leafb. Size: 1 ft ½ inches x 9 ¼ inches c. Evangelist: “One who brings the Good Word.” e. Four Evangelists: St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke and St. Johna. The gospels of St. Matthew, St. Mark, and St. Luke relate the life of Christ, and are called the synoptic gospels—a synopsis of the life of Christ. b. The gospel of John is more theoretical and abstract, it does not relate the life of Christ, thus it is NOT one of the synoptic gospels. f. Gospel books were often arranged in a set patterna. A canon table has a list of old testament stories and how they related to the new testamentb. Carpet page, initial page, evangelist page, and then the gospel for Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, in that order g. The carpet page is always anchored by a cross, but has very elaborate designs called zoomorphic (rely heavily on animals)a. Pre-Christian Celtic originsb. Birds grasping their own neck; form mirror images of each other h. Initial page- the initial of the gospel (ex. L for Luke) with zoomorphic designs i. Evangelist pagea. Imago Hominis: in the image of manb. Tetramorph (4 angelic beings that represent the 4 evangelists) c. Matthew’s is a reference to how Matthew begins his gospel (the ancestry of Christ) i. Profile view of Matthew; swirls on robe direct the eye to his bookd. St. Luke’s evangelist page: tetramorph is the winged ox. i. He began his gospel with the story of Zacharius, the father of Johnthe Baptist, who sacrificed an ox so that Elizabeth would have children. 1. allusion to the crucifixione. St. Mark’s Evangelist page: tetramorph is a winged lion i. allusion to the resurrection of Christ, since St. Mark focuses on it moref. St. John’s Evangelist page: tetramorph is an eagle associated with the ascension and the Wordi. John’s gospel opens with “In the beginning was the word, and the word was God…”g. In John’s, the words are highlighted (important)h. John ends with a description of the apocalypse (the end of human time, when Christ will return again)i. This becomes a preoccupation of the medieval time (during the plague, they needed the promise of something better); could come at any time i. Priests would read the gospels out loud to
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