Timeline of European Art and Music - The 7th Century (muted)
156 views
0

 Published On Mar 25, 2023

0:00 - 600-620 - Pedanius Dioscorides (Greek) - Naples Dioscorides
The manuscript is written in Ancient Greek, which was still a language spoken in the Duchy of Naples.

0:30 - 600-620 - Pedanius Dioscorides (Greek) - Naples Dioscurides
The Naples Dioscurides is derived from the first-century manuscript
De Materia Medica, written by Pedanius Dioscorides, a Greek physician in the Roman army.

1:00 - 600-620 - Pedanius Diosc
This ancient Greek codex is a Herbal, a text which deals with medicinal plants.
Many such texts were inspired by the work of Pedanius Dioscorides. Shown here is Mandrake

1:30 - Early 600s - Unknown (Italian) - Votive Crown of Theodelinda
Theodelinda (or Theodolinda) was the queen of the Lombards, (c. 570-628 AD). She was married first in 588 to Authari, king of the Lombards who died in 590.

2:00 - 628 - Unknown (Italian) - Iron Crown of the Lombards
Consisting of a circlet of gold and jewels fitted around a central silver band, which tradition holds to be made of iron beaten out of a nail of the True Cross

2:30 - 628 - Unknown (Italian) - Iron Crown of the Lombards - The Iron Crown of the Lombards is both a reliquary and one of the oldest royal insignias of Christendom.

3:00 - Circa 600s - Unknown - Sutton Hoo helmet.
Found in the burial chamber of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship

3:30 - Circa 600s - Unknown - Replica of the Sutton Hoo helmet.
Widely believed to have belonged to King Rædwald of East Anglia, who ruled over what is now the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk

4:00 - Circa 600s - Unknown - Recreation of a Anglo-Saxon burial ship at Sutton Hoo Valley.

4:30 - 630s - Unknown (Italian) - Apse decoration
She is flanked by popes Symmachus and Honorius I, the latter holding a model of the church and to whom there is a dedicatory inscription beneath.

5:00 - 630s - Unknown (Italian) - Apse decoration

5:30 - 630s - Unknown (Italian) - Basilica of St. Agnes Outside the Walls - Interior view.

6:00 - 630s - Unknown (Italian) - Basilica of St.Agnes Outside the Walls

6:30 - Circa 600s - Unknown (Italian) - Theoderic's Palace
The structure was apparently an imitation of the so-called Calce ('bronze') palace in Constantinople, that was protected by a huge bronze gate, hence the denomination Calce or ad Calchi for the building in Ravenna.

7:00 - 630s - Unknown (Italian) - Capital
In the Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, one of the re-used antique Corinthian capitals.

7:30 - 649-672 - Unknown (Italian) - Votive crown
The Byzantine kings used to offer gold crowns and crosses and precious stones to certain churches. These gifts were hung over the altar for important liturgical ceremonies.

8:00 - 649-672 - Unknown (Italian) - Votive crown
Offered by the Visigothic king Reccesvinth. The inscribed dedication shows the close connection between the Church and the monarchs. Work of the Court of Toledo royal workshop

8:30 - Circa 600s - Unknown (Italian) - Hen with Seven chicks
The museum in Monza is famous for having ancient works of the late Roman period and early Middle Ages, such as the ornaments donated by the Queen of the Lombards Teodolinda

9:00 - 650-700 - Unknown (Irish) - Book of Durrow
Opening of St. Mark's Gospel shows the elaboration of early Irish art in its most refined. The letters 'I' and 'N' merge together in a design which resembles Celtic metalwork.

9:30 - 650-700 - Unknown (Irish) - Book of Durrow

10:00 - 650-700 - Unknown (Irish) - Book of Durrow
The Book of Durrow is perhaps the oldest surviving Insular gospel, and the earliest example of the full range of Insular illustration and layout.

10:30 - 650-700 - Unknown (Irish) - Book of Durrow
This codex is one of the insular Gospel Books. They are all written in Irish half uncial scripts. The picture shows one of the six elaborate 'carpet' pages of interlaced patterns

11:00 - 661 - Unknown (Spanish) - San Juan de Baños

11:30 - Circa 600s - Unknown (Irish) - Monks' stone huts
Irish monasteries flourished in the 6th and 7th centuries.

12:00 - Circa 600s - Unknown (Irish) - Monks' stone huts

12:30 - 661 - Unknown (Spanish) - San Juan de Baños

13:00 - Late 600s - Unknown (Possibly Spanish, Italian, North African, or Syrian)
Ashburnham Pentateuch
The picture shows the entire folio 76 recto which illustrates Moses receiving the Law.

13:30 - Late 600s - Unknown (Possibly Spanish, Italian, North African, or Syrian)
Ashburnham Pentateuch - Contains the story of Cain and Abel

14:00 - Late 600s - Unknown (Possibly Spanish, Italian, North African, or Syrian)
Ashburnham Pentateuch
Shows folio 21 recto with the Story of Isaac and Rebecca.

14:30 - Late 600s - Unknown (Possibly Spanish, Italian, North African, or Syrian)
Ashburnham Pentateuch
Shows the Flood, and the Ark reaching dry land with disembarking animals. In the lower left corner the sacrifice of Noah is depicted.

show more

Share/Embed