MINIATURIST, German
(active around 1020)

Gospel Book

c. 1020
Manuscript (Ms. Bibl. 95)
Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg

This miniature is from one of the manuscripts which Henry II commissioned for presentation to Bamberg, where it still remains. It shows Henry II carrying the Gospel Book. The Latin inscription around the arch reads: 'Henry the pious king'.