Gospels from Bamberg Cathedral
The so-called Gospel Book from Bamberg Cathedral or Reichenau Gospel Book is a work of Ottonian book illumination and is one of the main works of this era. The Gospels were probably created around 1000-1020 in Reichenau Monastery .
The parchment manuscript comprises 266 sheets (III + 258 + V) in the format 30.5 × 23.3 cm. The book decoration consists of canon tables and five full-page miniatures. The contemporary book cover is gold-plated and adorned with precious stones.
In the course of secularization , the codex came from the Bamberg Cathedral Treasury to the Bavarian State Library in Munich in 1803 , where it is now kept under the signature Clm 4454 . Together with nine other works from the Reichenau School of Painting , the manuscript was included in UNESCO's list of world heritage documents in 2003.
literature
- Claudia Fabian: Splendor on parchment. Treasures of book illumination from 780 to 1180. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Exhibition catalogs, No. 86). Hirmer, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7774-5391-0 (with literature).
Web links
- Online view, Bavarian State Library with download option
- Digital version on bavarikon.de
- Digital version of the exhibition Splendor on parchment. Treasures of book illumination from 780 to 1180 (October 19, 2012 to January 13, 2013, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung Munich)