Major works of Ottonian book illumination

The main works of Ottonian book illumination are those illuminated manuscripts that were created in the Ottonian period in the East Franconian Empire and are highlighted in art-historical literature as works of particular artistic rank (see especially the general overviews given in the literature list). The Ottonian book illumination follows the Carolingian and goes over to the Romanesque book illumination .

In 2003, ten works from the Reichenau School were included in the UNESCO list of world heritage documents . The Liuthar Gospels and the Munich Gospels of Otto III were selected. , the Bamberg Apocalypse , the Egbert Psalter , the Gero Codex , the Pericopes Book of Henry II , the Gospels from the Bamberg Cathedral , the Poussay Evangelistary , the Codex Egberti and the manuscript Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Msc. Bibl. 22 .

List of manuscripts

Illustration	designation	Dating	Localization	Artist (K), client (A)	Content; particularities	signature
	Leiden Maccabees Codex	around 925	St. Gallen and Reichenau		1 Makk and Vegetius' Epitoma rei militaris	Leiden, University Library , Cod. Perizoni F.17
	Codex Wittekindeus	around 970-980	Fulda		Gospels	Berlin, State Library , Ms. theol. lat. fol. 1
	Göttingen sacramentary	around 970-980	Fulda		Sacramentary	Göttingen, State and University Library , 2 ° Cod. Ms. theol. fol. 231 Cim.
	Poussay evangelist	around 970-990	Reichenau		Evangelist	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France , Ms. lat. 10514
	Augustine Codex in Mainz	between 975 and 1011	Mainz		Augustine : De trinitate	Mainz, City Library , Cod. II, 18
	Gero Codex	shortly before 976	Reichenau		Evangelist	Darmstadt, Hessian University and State Library , Hs 1948
	Egbert Psalter	around 980	Trier or Reichenau	Egbert of Trier (A)	Psalter	Cividale, Museo archeologico nazionale , Ms. 136
	Codex Egberti	980-993	Trier or Reichenau	Gregormeister (K; 7 of 51 pictures); Egbert of Trier (A)	Evangelist	Trier, City Library , Cod. 24
	Petershausen sacramentary	around 980–985	Trier or Echternach			Heidelberg, University Library , Sal. IX b
	Gospels in Manchester	996-1002		Gregor Master (K)	Gospels	Manchester, John Rylands University Library, Cod. 98
	Strahov Gospels	around 980–985		Gregor Master (K; Evangelist Pictures)	Gospels	Prague, Strahov Monastery , Ms. DF III 3
	Gospels of the Sainte Chapelle	around 983		Gregor Master (K)	Gospels	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 8851
	Fragment in Chantilly	around 983		Gregor Master (K)	Portrait of Otto II. Or Otto III. ; fragment	Chantilly, Musée Condé , Ms. 14 bis
	Fragment in Trier	around 983-990		Gregor Master (K)	Portrait of Pope Gregory the Great ; fragment	Trier, City Library, Hs. 171/1626
	Epistolar to Archbishop Everger	984	Cologne	Archbishop Everger (A)	Epistolar	Cologne, Cathedral Library , No. 143
	Otto III's prayer book	around 984-985	Mainz		Royal prayer book	Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , Clm 30111 (until 1994: Pommersfelden, Schloss Weißenstein , Graf-von-Schönborn'sche Schlossbibliothek, Ms. 347 (2940))
	Hornbach sacramentary	before 990	Trier and Hornbach Monastery	Eburnant von Hornbach (K), Adalbert von Hornbach (A)	Sacramentary	Solothurn, St. Ursus. Cod. U 1
	Liuthar Gospels or Gospels of Otto III.	around 996	Reichenau	Liuthar (K), Otto III. (A)	Gospels	Aachen, Cathedral Treasury , Inv.-No. 25th
	Mainz sacramentary	around 1000	Mainz		Sacramentary	Mainz, Cathedral and Diocesan Museum (Kautzsch No. 4)
	Benedictine in St. Gallen	around 1000	Mainz		Benedictionals	St. Gallen, Abbey Library , Cod. 398
	Bamberg, State Library, Msc. Bibl. 22	around 1000	Reichenau		Song of Songs , Book of Proverbs , Book of Daniel	Bamberg, State Library , Msc. Bibl. 22
	Bamberg, State Library, Msc. Bibl. 76	around 1000	Reichenau		Isaiah	Bamberg, State Library, Msc. Bibl. 76
	Gospels from Bamberg Cathedral	around 1000-1020	Reichenau		Gospels	Munich, Bavarian State Library, Clm 4454
	Sacramentary of Henry II	Early 11th century	regensburg	Henry II (A)	Sacramentary	Munich, Bavarian State Library, Clm 4456
	Uta Codex	Early 11th century	regensburg	Abbess Uta (A)	Evangelist	Munich, Bavarian State Library, Clm 13601
	Gospels in Mainz	Early 11th century	Mainz		Gospels	Mainz, City Library, Cod. II, 3
	Bernward Bible	Early 11th century	Hildesheim	Bernward of Hildesheim (A)	Bible	Hildesheim, Cathedral Museum , DS 61
	Reichenauer Pericope Book	Early 11th century	Reichenau		Pericope book	Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Library , Cod. Guelf. 84.5 Aug 2 °
	Pericopes of Henry II	at 1007-1012	Reichenau	Henry II (A)	Pericope Book (Evangelistary)	Munich, Bavarian State Library, Clm 4452
	Heinrich II. Or Otto III.	before 1010	Reichenau	Otto III. or Heinrich II. (A)	Gospels	Munich, Bavarian State Library, Clm 4453
	Gospels in The Hague	before 1011	Mainz		Gospels	The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek , Cod. 135 F 10
	Guntbald evangelist	at 1010-1020	Hildesheim	Bernward of Hildesheim (A)	Evangelist	Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum , Hs. 29770
	Bernward psalter	1010-1020	Hildesheim	Bernward of Hildesheim (A)	Psalter	Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Library , Cod. Guelf. 113 Noviss. 4 °
	Guntbald Gospel	1011	Hildesheim	Bernward of Hildesheim (A)	Gospels	Hildesheim, Cathedral Museum, Hs. 33
	Hildesheim Orational	around 1013	Reichenau	Henry II (A)	Orational	Hildesheim, Cathedral Library, Hs. 688
	Guntbald sacramentary	between 1014 and 1022	Hildesheim	Bernward of Hildesheim (A)	Sacramentary	Hildesheim, Cathedral Museum, Hs. 19
	Precious Gospels	around 1015 / around 1194	Hildesheim	Bernward of Hildesheim (A)	Gospels	Hildesheim, Cathedral Museum, Hs. 18
	Hitda Gospels	around 1020	Cologne		Gospels	Darmstadt, Hessian University and State Library, Hs 1640
	Bamberg Apocalypse	around 1020	Reichenau (pictures)		Apocalypse	Bamberg, State Library, Msc. Bibl. 140
	Gundold Gospels	1026-1050	Cologne	Gundold (A)	Gospels	Stuttgart, Württemberg State Library , Cod. Bibl. 4 ° 2
	Codex aureus Epternacensis (Echternach Gospels)	around 1030-1050	Echternach		Gospels	Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Hs. 156 142
	Pericope book of Henry III.	1039-1043	Echternach	Henry III. (A)	Pericope book	Bremen, State and University Library , Ms. b. 21st
	Codex aureus Epternacensis or Speyer Gospels	around 1043-1046	Echternach	Henry III. (A), intended for the Speyer Cathedral	Gospels	Madrid, Escorial , Cod. Vitr. 17th
	Heinrich III Gospels ( Codex Caesareus Upsaliensis )	1050-1056	Echternach	Henry III. (A)	Gospels	Uppsala, Carolina Rediviva , Cod. C 93
	Sacramentary from St. Alban in front of Mainz	Mid 11th century	Mainz or Fulda with Tegernsee participation		Sacramentary	Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum , Ms. 83 MF 77 (Ms. Ludwig V 2)
	Gospels in Paris	second / third quarter of the 11th century	Mainz		Gospels	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 275

literature

• Kunibert Bering: Art of the Early Middle Ages (Art Epochs, Volume 2). Reclam, Stuttgart 2002. ISBN 3-15-018169-0
• Hermann Fillitz (Ed.): Propylaen Art History , Volume 5: The Middle Ages 1 . Special edition (1st edition 1969) Propylaen-Verlag, Berlin 1990. ISBN 3-549-05105-0
• Anton von Euw (conception): Before the year 1000. Occidental book art at the time of Empress Theophanu (exhib. Cat. Cologne, Schnütgen Museum 1991). City of Cologne, Cologne 1991. ISBN 978-3-9864752-1-5
• Hans Jantzen : Ottonian art . 2nd expanded and commented edition (1st edition 1947). Reimer, Berlin 2002. ISBN 3-496-01069-X
• Henry Mayr-Harting : Ottonian book illumination. Liturgical art in the realm of emperors, bishops and abbots. Belser, Stuttgart 1991. ISBN 3-7630-1216-8
• Carl Nordenfalk: Illumination in the Middle Ages. Paperback edition (1st edition: 1957), Skira, Geneva 1988. ISBN 3-8030-3107-9
• Gerhard Weilandt, clergy and art. A contribution to the culture of the Ottonian-Salian imperial church and the change in artistic traditions in the late 11th century (supplements to the Archive for Cultural History 35), Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 1992.
• Ingo F. Walther, Norbert Wolf: Masterpieces of book illumination. Cologne u. a., Taschen 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4747-X
• Norbert Wolf: Germany's great heritage. The Ottonian Illuminated Manuscripts . Edited by Ingo F. Walther. 2nd edition, Facsimile Verlag, Lucerne 2007
• Bruno Reudenbach (ed.): Carolingian and Ottonian art (history of the fine arts in Germany 1). Prestel, Munich 2009. ISBN 978-3-7913-3118-8

Remarks

1. ^ Evangelistar from Poussay in the picture index of art and architecture .
2. ^ Everger-Epistolar in Codices Electronici Ecclesiae Coloniensis .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Schönherr, Alfons: Sacramentarium Sancti Petri Gamundiensis. in: The medieval manuscripts of the Solothurn Central Library. Central Library Solothurn, 1964, pp. 215-223.
4. ↑ Fully digitized version in the Wolfenbüttel digital library.
5. ↑ Gundold Gospels in the picture index of art and architecture ;

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