View this site on the Vikings from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

a. Describe the materials, methods, and design elements of the 'treasures' found in the Sutton Hoo burial.  In what ways are these typical of the northern European peoples?  See textbook comments on pages 408-410.
b. What design elements exemplify the Hiberno-Saxon and Celtic styles?  See pages 410-412.
c. Compare the design influence and motifs of the medieval manuscripts in Celtic (Hiberno-Saxon), Carolingian, and Ottonian styles.  See pages 411-414, 417-418, and 426-428.
d. What is the impetus for the artistic changes in the Carolingian period?  See pages 415-421, and the inset on page 416. 
e. Examine the importance and artistic influence of the medieval monasteries.  See pages 419-420, and the inset on page 420. 
f. Why is the style of art, architecture, and manuscripts from the Ottonian period different from the earlier periods of the middle ages? See pages 422 to the end of the chapter.

a.  Purse cover from the Sutton Hoo ship burial, Page 409.
b.  Animal head post from the Oseberg ship burial, Page 410.
c.  Cross inspired carpet page, Lindisfarne Gospels, See image on page 406 and the discussion on page 410.
d.  Chi-rho-iota page from the Book of Kells, Page 414.
e.  Compare: St. Matthew from the Lindisfarne Gospels, Page 413, with St. Matthew, Coronation Gospels, Page 417.
f.   Crucifixion, front cover of the Lindau Gospels, Page 418
g.  Crucifix commissioned by Archbishop Gero, Page 425.
h.  Annunciation to the Shepherds, from the Lectionary of Henry II, Page 427.

a. "The Colophon Page" presents the absolute BEST in illuminated manuscripts!

b. Images and information on the origins of Celtic Art

c. Read this article on a Viking age settlement in Wales.

d. Women in the Middle Ages

e.  Examine Carolingian manuscripts and French culture.