MINIATURIST, Bohemian
(active c. 1085 in Vyšehrad)

Codex Vyšehradensis

c. 1085
Manuscript (XIV- A. 13.)
Státní Knihovna, Prague

This codex, made c. 1085 on the occasion of the crowning of Vratislav II, king of Bohemia (1032-1092). Vyšehrad in Prague was the residence of the Bohemian princes, the church of Vyšehrad was the first owner of the manuscript.

The miniature on folio 43v depicts the Holy Women at the empty tomb of Christ.