Manuscripts produced in Echternach for Emperor Henry III (1030-1050)

Henry III (reigned 1039-1056), continued the Ottonian custom of commissioning luxury Gospel Books. The eleventh-century Ottonian books made for Henry III included the Gospel Lectionary (Ms. b. 21, now in Bremen), a Gospel Book (Cod. C.93, now in Uppsala), the celebrated Codex Aureus of Echternach (Hs. 156142, now in Nuremberg), and the Golden Gospels of Henry III (Cod. Vitr. 17, now in El Escorial). The last manuscript of Ottonian grandeur comes from a century later again and it is certainly consciously archaic in function. It is the Gospel Book illuminated about 1175-88 by the monk Herimann at Helmarshausen Abbey for Henry the Lion (c. 1129-1195), duke of Saxony and Bavaria and founder of Munich.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Codex Aureus of Echternach
c. 1030
Manuscript (Hs. 156142), 446 x 310 mm
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

1505*1000
True Color
235 Kb



Codex Aureus of Echternach
c. 1030
Manuscript (Hs. 156142), 446 x 310 mm
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

932*1200
True Color
210 Kb



Codex Aureus of Echternach
c. 1030
Manuscript (Hs. 156142), 446 x 310 mm
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

800*1135
True Color
178 Kb



Codex Aureus of Echternach
c. 1030
Manuscript (Hs. 156142), 446 x 310 mm
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

940*1200
True Color
227 Kb



Gospel Lectionary of Henry III
1039-40
Manuscript (Ms. b. 21)
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Bremen

903*1200
True Color
230 Kb



Gospel Lectionary of Henry III
1039-40
Manuscript (Ms. b. 21)
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Bremen

1048*750
True Color
153 Kb



Gospel Lectionary of Henry III
1039-40
Manuscript (Ms. b. 21)
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Bremen

800*1083
True Color
197 Kb



The Golden Gospels of Henry III
1043-46
Manuscript (Cod. Vitr. 17), 500 x 335 mm
Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo, El Escorial

1017*1300
True Color
240 Kb



The Golden Gospels of Henry III
1043-46
Manuscript (Cod. Vitr. 17), 500 x 335 mm
Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo, El Escorial

900*1202
True Color
208 Kb



The Golden Gospels of Henry III
1043-46
Manuscript (Cod. Vitr. 17), 500 x 335 mm
Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo, El Escorial

918*1200
True Color
224 Kb



Gospel Book
c. 1050
Manuscript (Cod. C.93)
Universitetsbibliotek, Uppsala

1230*850
True Color
239 Kb




Summary of illuminated manuscripts (miniatures)
Late Antique and Pre-Romanesque periods
351-400 | 401-450 | 451-500 | 501-550 | 551-600 | 601-650 | 651-700
701-750 | 751-800 | 801-850 | 851-900 | 901-950 | 951-1000
Romanesque period
1001-1050 | 1051-1100 | 1101-1150
Early and High Gothic periods
1151-1200 | 1201-1250 | 1251-1300
Late Gothic and Renaissance periods
1301-1350 | 1351-1400 | 1401-1450 | 1451-1500 | 1501-1550
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