MINIATURIST, German
(active around 1000 in Reichenau)

Gospel Book of Otto III

c. 1000
Manuscript (Clm. 4453), 334 x 242 mm
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich

This is another miniature from the Gospels of Otto III (folio 139r). It shows St Luke with a piles of manuscripts in his lap (their bindings studded with jewels) exalting all the Old Testament prophets who foretold the coming of Christ.