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4 unusual facts about Ottonian Renaissance


Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles

Claudine Ronnay-Docmans writes in the Patrimoine majeur de Wallonie that the interior dimensions recall: "the splendour of the Ottonian liturgy, as people is able to know it for the abbey of Essen (Germany)".

Gertrude Psalter

The psalter is an example of the illuminated manuscripts associated with the Ottonian Renaissance.

Ottonian Renaissance

The Byzantine influence further increased with the marriage of Otto II with Princess Theophanu, who upon her husband's death in 983 ruled as Empress dowager for her minor son Otto III until 991.

Reichenau Island

The famous artworks of Reichenau include the Ottonian murals of miracles of Christ in St Georg, unique survivals from the 10th century.



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