Merovingian illumination is the term for the continental Frankish style of illumination in the late seventh and eight centuries, named for the Merovingian...

Merovingian art is the art of the Merovingian dynasty of the Franks, which lasted from the 5th century to the 8th century in present-day France, Benelux...

in secular works, illuminated manuscripts, and ceramic art. In Merovingian illumination, zoomorphic lettering appears. Fish and birds, for example, decorate...

start of the 9th century. Its style is directly influenced by Merovingian illumination. Its origins are controversial, with some indications that it was...

united within the kingdom of the Frank Clovis I, the founder of the Merovingian dynasty. By building upon the basis of this empire the subsequent Frankish...

Bishop of Tours during the Merovingian period and is known as the "father of French history". He was a prelate in the Merovingian kingdom, encompassing Gaul's...

Until this point, Merovingian and Insular illumination had continued without a breach. The developers of Carolingian illumination were the so-called...

basilica of Saint Vincent of Lérins of Cordoba, 6–7th century Merovingian illumination in Missale Gothicum, towards 700. The two large roses are six-lobed...

decorated initials include initial types commonly associated with Merovingian illumination. However similar initials also occurred in Visigothic manuscripts...

Pre-Romanesque period in European art spans from the emergence of the Merovingian kingdom around 500 AD, or from the Carolingian Renaissance in the late...

the native schools of illumination of Western Europe, decoration only was the leading motive. In the manuscripts of the Merovingian period, in the school...

centers of work of manuscript illumination when the art was still fairly new in western Europe. In this early Merovingian period the work of Corbie was...

Williams, this use of color may come from models from Insular illumination, but also from Merovingian and Carolingian illuminations. Unlike previous periods...

revival of Roman classicism, yet still maintained Migration Period art (Merovingian and Insular) traditions in their basically linear presentation, with...

The Luxeuil Lectionary, a masterpiece of Merovingian illumination (700)...

Gallo-Roman culture, with Clovis I converting to Christianity in 496. The Merovingian kings worked closely with the Church, and bishops occupied spiritual...

Gallo-Roman occupation have been detected at the much-disturbed site, Merovingian sarcophagi and column capitals dating from the 7th century indicate that...

animal-shaped) letters, an old tradition that had been developed in Merovingian scriptoria at the end of the 8th century, that reappears in this manuscript...

manuscript illumination brought about a resurgence of Celtic decoration, which, with Christian and other contributions, constitutes the basis of Merovingian art...

void". The group introduced the background of solid gold to Western illumination. Two dedication miniatures added to the Egmond Gospels around 975 show...

scriptorium at Corbie, as well as a distinctive style of illumination. In this early Merovingian period, the work of Corbie was innovative in that it showed...

These decorative letters can be traced back to the fish-bird letters of Merovingian book art of the 7th and 8th centuries. The initials, on the other hand...

Figurative sculpture was based on two other sources in particular, manuscript illumination and small-scale sculpture in ivory and metal. The extensive friezes sculpted...

was successively a Celtic oppidum, an important Gallo-Roman city, the Merovingian capital of the Austrasia kingdom, the birthplace of the Carolingian dynasty...

gold. Under Childeric's son Clovis I (r. 509–511), the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, the Frankish kingdom expanded and converted to Christianity...

the Carolingian Renaissance, is the earliest example of a Carolingian illumination style. This style was characterized by naturalist motifs in the decoration...

maintain his possessions on the far side of the Pyrenees, where his Merovingian cousins and brothers-in-law cast envious eyes on them. Leander, enjoying...

itself With limbs slanting your body levels by itself... In Gaul the Merovingian successors to Roman power employed the curule seat as an emblem of their...

quality of dim night light to create mysterious atmospheres. The source of illumination in a night scene—whether it is the moon or an artificial light source—may...

continued under his successors until completed in 1461. It covers the Merovingian, Carolingian, and Capetian dynasties of French kings, with illustrations...