A man of this name hands a small church to a seated Christ in front of a checkerboard background in an ivory plaque likely carved in Milan. A woman undergoes an ordeal by fire in the background of a work titled for a man of this name who is presented with a severed head in its left panel. A hand surrounded by a blue halo emerges from the top of a manuscript page to crown a man of this name as the four evangelists unfurl a scroll in front of him. A man of this name was the recipient of a gold cross with an engraved crucifixion scene that was inlaid with a 3rd-century cameo of Augustus. The “justice” of a ruler with this name is depicted in a diptych by Dirk Bouts. A style named for rulers of this name is typified by the Cross of Lothair displayed at Aachen Cathedral. For 10 points, the patronage of Holy Roman Emperors of what name led to a namesake “Renaissance” in the 10th century? ■END■
ANSWER: Otto [accept Ottonian dynasty or Ottonen; accept Ottonian Renaissance; accept Otto I or Otto the Great or Otto der Grosse; accept Otto III; accept Justice of Emperor Otto III; accept Gospels of Otto III or Ottonian Gospels] (The first sentence refers to one of the Magdeburg Ivories. The third sentence refers to the Liuthar Gospels.)
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