Question

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 (-5[1])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. (10[1])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 (10[1])by the Cross of (10[1])Lothair (10[4])displayed (10[2])at Aachen (-5[1])Cathedral. (-5[1])For 10 points, the patronage (-5[1])of Holy Roman Emperors (10[1]-5[1])of what name (-5[1])led to a namesake (10[1])“Renaissance” (10[3])in the 10th (10[1]-5[1])century? (0[1]) (10[6]0[4])■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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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2488%0%29%158.48

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BRutgers A65-5
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AWUSTL A11610
Eric WolfsbergStanford AChicago B14210
Tracy MirkinFlorida ACornell A14610
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins ANYU A14710
Clark SmithOhio State ADuke A14710
Sky LiToronto AMIT A14710
Christopher SimsNorthwestern ANorth Carolina A14710
Cormac BeirneMcGill APenn A14810
Daniel MaYale AMaryland A14810
Justin WytmarIllinois AYale B150-5
Matt JacksonChicago ABrown A151-5
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AMinnesota B156-5
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AIowa State A16010
Alex SchmidtPenn State AWUSTL B160-5
Justin HawkinsIndiana AUC Berkeley A163-5
Noah SheidlowerColumbia AChicago C16710
Aiden DartleyRutgers AGeorgia Tech B16810
Jeffrey FungHarvard ACornell B16810
Brad MacLaineTexas AMinnesota A16810
Lexi TermanRutgers BHouston A17110
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BUC Berkeley B171-5
Frederick Rivas-GiorgiYale BIllinois A1720
June YinWUSTL BPenn State A17310
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AIndiana A17310
Michael MaysImperial AColumbia B17310
Albert ZhangColumbia BImperial A1730
Joseph ChambersVirginia AClaremont A17310
Todd MaslykMichigan APurdue A17310
Ben DahlPurdue AMichigan A1730
Nicholas TunksMinnesota BVanderbilt A1730
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BFlorida B1730
Jason HongBrown AChicago A17310