Vienna Coronation Gospels
- Vienna Coronation Gospels
The "Vienna Coronation Gospels", also known as the "Treasury Gospels" (Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schatzkammer, Inv. XIII 18) is a late 8th Century illuminated Gospel Book. Traditionally, it is considered to be the same manuscript that was found in the tomb of Charlemagne when it was opened in the year 1000 by Otto III. The leaves of the manuscript are dyed purple, and the text is written in gold ink. The manuscript is decorated with impressionistic paintings in a Carolingian style derived from Byzantine art. In the margin of the first page of the Gospel of Luke the Greek name "Demetrius presbyter" is written in gold capital letters. This may be the signature of the scribe or illuminator and may indicate that there were Byzantine artists in the court of Charlemagne. The gold cover was added in 1500 by the goldsmith Hans von Reutlingen of Aachen.
References
*De Hamel, Christopher. "A History of Illuminated Manuscripts". Boston: David R. Godine, 1986.
*Walther, Ingo F. and Norbert Wolf. "Codices Illustres: The world's most famous illuminated manuscripts, 400 to 1600". Köln, TASCHEN, 2005.
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