Illuminated architecture: The influence of manuscripts on the Palatine Chapel
Michael A. Grillo
Abstract While Mediaeval manuscripts have long been acknowledged as a means of conveying architectural designs across Europe, their role active intermediaries shaping the symbolic language spaces merits much closer attention. The design Palatine Chapel in Aachen clearly draws from San Vitale Ravenna, but chapel’s use columns within span its upper-most arches stands out rather startling combination. This article argues that these distinctive features encode unique imperial programme specific to needs Carolingians could only suggested themselves through intermediation abstracted frameworks Eusebean Tables and Evangelist Portraits illuminated manuscripts.
Explorations in Media Ecology