MINIATURIST, German
(active around 1010 in Reichenau)

Gospel Lectionary of Henry II

c. 1010
Manuscript (Clm. 4452), 425 x 320 mm
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich

The miniatures on folio 116 v and the facing 117r prefix the gospel reading for mass at Easter Sunday. The illustration on folio 116v shows the three women - Mary Magdalen, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome - at the sepulchre. The figures are located in a splendid pillared setting that has an air of classical antiquity about it.