Godescalc Evangelist

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The Godescalc Evangelistary is a Carolingian illuminated manuscript in Latin that was created between 781 and 783 in the so-called court school of Charlemagne at the Aachen royal palace . It is the oldest manuscript of this painting school, also known as the Ada group according to its main manuscript .

The book is named after a scribe Godescalc. According to Kolophon, the clients were Charlemagne and his wife Hildegard . Today the manuscript is in the Paris Bibliothèque nationale under the signature Ms. nouv. acq. lat. 1203 .

The Evangelistary is illuminated with six full-page miniatures , ornamental decorations, initials and decorative pages. It was written in gold and silver inks on purple-stained parchment . Stylistically it still clearly shows elements of the insular illumination , the full-page miniatures - the enthroned Christ , the four evangelists and the fountain of life - already strive for real corporeality and a logical connection to the depicted space and thus shaped the style of the following works by Karl's court school of the great. In the Godescalc Evangelistary, the motif of the fountain of life appears for the first time in a preserved evangelist .

gallery

  • Fountain of life and initial

  • Evangelist Luke

literature

  • Florentine Mütherich , Joachim E. Gaehde: Carolingian book painting . Prestel, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-7913-0395-3 , pp. 32-37.
  • Kunibert Bering: Art of the early Middle Ages (= art epochs. Vol. 2). Reclam, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-15-018169-0 , pp. 248-251.
  • Ingo F. Walther, Norbert Wolf: Masterpieces of book illumination . Taschen, Cologne et al. 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4747-X , pp. 76-77.
  • Fabrizio Crivello, Charlotte Denoël, Peter Orth: The Godescalc Evangelist. A splendid manuscript for Charlemagne (with a preface by Florentine Mütherich ). Primus, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-89678-759-0 .
  • Christoph Winterer : "The word of God flashing in glorious splendor". Art in the circle of Charlemagne. In: Michael Imhof , Christoph Winterer: Charlemagne. Life and impact, art and architecture. 2nd updated edition, Imhof, Petersberg 2013, ISBN 3-932526-61-9 , pp. 76–117, here pp. 79–85.
  • Charlotte Denoël: Godescalc Evangelist. In: Peter van den Brink, Sarvenaz Ayooghi (ed.): Charlemagne - Charlemagne. Karl's art. Catalog of the special exhibition Karls Kunst from June 20 to September 21, 2014 in the Center Charlemagne , Aachen. Sandstein, Dresden 2014, ISBN 978-3-95498-093-2 , pp. 217-219, 221 (with literature).

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