11) Franconia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...banks of the Main and included the cities of Speyer, Worms, Mainz, Frankfurt, Wurzburg, and Fulda. The name of the duchy survives in three administrative districts... 12) Carolingian architecture and art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001 ...instead spacious basilicas often intersected by vast transepts. In some churches, such as Fulda and Cologne, the central nave ended in semicircular apses. An innovation... 13) German art and architecture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...at Aachen (c.800), decorated with mosaics, and of contemporary churches such as the one at Fulda. Many of these show the revival of early Christian plans (see Early... 14) Hesse. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...the Odenwald hills and the Taunus range and is drained by the Rhine, Main, Lahn, Eder, and Fulda rivers. Grain, potatoes, and fruit are grown, and cattle are raised... 15) Ottonian art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...superbly developed; produced at several flourishing artistic centers, including Regensburg and Fulda, it combined Carolingian and Byzantine influences. Manuscripts... 16) Boniface, Saint, English missionary monk and martyr. The Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...of his English disciples. He founded monasteries at Reichenau (724), Murbach (728), and Fulda (744), which became important centers of learning. As papal legate he... 17) illumination, in art. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...luxurious colors with vigorous outlines and dynamic movement. Reichenau, Hildesheim, and Fulda were prominent centers of Ottonian art. 6In Byzantine miniatures a... |