ART-HIST 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Codex Aureus Of Lorsch, Godescalc Of Benevento, Toga
14 Sep 2018
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Initial page to vigil of christmas: comparing to the book of durrow. Large in in the left portion of the page: rendered more decoratively than the remainder of the letters on the page, celtic interlacing, key difference: legibility of the script; can read perfectly, caroline minuscule. Inspired by roman monuments and ancient roman manuscripts: why, renavatio through correctio and emendatio; ensures proper copy of texts, rounded uniform shapes, regularized the headline and the baseline, technical terminology: "font" for digital: accessibility of text vs. maze and illusion. Individual experience vs. group / standardized experience: think about caroline manuscripts as being didactic / teaches, christ enthroned, youthful christ---> seen in ravenna. Vienna coronation gospels: might be used during charlemagne"s coronation, purple parchment. Porphyrogenitus ("born in the purple"; a term used to refer to the children of byzantine emperors--purple was the color worn by emperors of ancient rome: made out of beetle eggs, wealth.
