Preface Antiquity on Demand: The Arts of the Mediterranean during the 7th and 8th centuries and No End of Antiquity Understanding of Antiquity and Legal Thinking in the Sculptural Program of Frederick II at Capua Innovation: Originality and Innovation in Medieval Art Papal Ideology in the Early Middle Ages: Papal Patronage in a Greek Church in Rome On the Pictorial Program of the Zeno Chapel in Rome Carolingian Pretentions: Authentication -Requirement-Innovation. On the Imperial Art of the Carolingians Written and Pictorial Art in the Court School of Charlemagne Montecassino: Rome and Montecassino: The Frescoes of the Lower Church of S. Crisogono The Historical Significance of the Lectionary of Desiderius Vat. Lat. 1202 Episcopal and Monastic 'committenza' in South Italy from the Example of the Exultet Rolls Art and Ideology in Norman Sicily: The Symbology of Power The Design Concept in the Royal Buildings of the Norman Period in Sicily. The Architecture and Mosaics of Monreale The West Wall of the Cappella Palatina On the Meaning of the Mosaic on the West Wall of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo On the Program of the Capitals in the Cloister of Monreale Capetian Pretentions: The Pictorial Program and the Historical Understanding of the Capetians at Chartres Cathedral The Concepteur and his Addressee, or: On Veiling the Message The Sainte Chapelle as a Political Program Doors as Spolia: Nova construere, sed amplius vetusta servare; Patronage: The Commissioner of Ariberto Commissioning: the Problems Text, Sense, Rhetoric and Requirement in Simone Martini Liturgy, Cult and Art: Who sits on the Loft? Pilgrimage Churches and the Concept of Pretension Medieval Saints' Lives and the Liturgical Context: Sense, Rhetoric and Requirement Additional Notes Index.