Romanesque (1100-1200)

While the Romanesque period can be broadly defined as the four hundred years between 800 and 1200, there were regional variations based upon the political control over geographical regions of Europe. The later Romanesque period should rightfully be referred to as Anglo-Norman, because the manuscript work that took place on both sides of the English Channel after the Norman invasion of William the Conquerer is distinct from the earlier Carolingian and Ottonian styles. Examples of the Anglo Norman Romanesque style include the Winchester Bible, the Lambeth - Maidstone Bibles, the Bury Bible, the Dover Bible, the Parc Abbey Bible, and the Capucin Bible. Features include illuminated historiated book opening letters. Bold display script. Script for the text is Carolingian-Romanesque. See video Great Illuminated Bibles of 12th-Century England. The frescoes in the Church of the Holy Virgin in Asinou, Cyprus is aesthetically connected with the art of Master Hugh of the Bury Bible (c. 1130). See video.

Winchester Bible, Winchester Cathedral, Ms. 17, circa 1170

See VIDEO filmed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when one of the volumes of the Winchester Bible was on loan and exhibited.