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Coronation Evangeliar cover by Hans von Reutlingen, c. 1500. The Vienna Coronation Gospels, also known simply as the Coronation Gospels (German: Krönungsevangeliar), is a late 8th century illuminated gospel book produced at the court of Charlemagne in Aachen. [1]
Aachen, Ada School (Court School of Charlemagne) Psalter Vienna, Austrian National Library, Ms. 1861 St. Riquier Gospels, or Centula Gospels, or Abbeville Gospels End of the eight century Aachen, Ada School (Court School of Charlemagne) Evangeliary Abbeville, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 4 Vienna Coronation Gospels or Reich Gospels
The Evangeliary belongs to a manuscript group which is referred to as the Ada Group or Group of the Vienna Coronation Gospels. It is part of the church treasury of Charlemagne's Palatine Chapel, now Aachen Cathedral, and is today kept in the Aachen Cathedral Treasury.
Behind Charlemagne, a child page holds the royal crown that he just took off to receive the imperial one. It is quite likely that the fresco refers to the Concordat of Bologna, negotiated between the Holy See and the kingdom of France in 1515, since Leo III is in fact a portrait of Leo X and Charlemagne a portrait of Francis I. [3]
The new Bohemian monarchy uses the crowning haloed Hand of God in the Coronation Gospels of Vratislav II.. A number of medieval illuminated manuscript Gospel books are called the Coronation Gospels, [1] meaning they have, at least by tradition, had a coronation oath sworn upon them at some point.
The Godescalc Evangelistary outlines prayer services and contains selections from the Gospels designed to be read at Mass through the liturgical year. [6] The content of the Godescalc Evangelistary is a reminder of Charlemagne's intention to renew culture of the past rather than to create a new one. [7]
Evangelist portrait of Saint Matthew Folio 162 recto, the start of the Gospel of John Folio 24 verso, showing the names of Otto the Great and his mother Matilda The Athelstan Gospels , or British Library , Cotton MS Tiberius A. ii is a late 9th or early 10th-century Ottonian illuminated Gospel book which entered England as a gift to King ...
The Vienna Coronation Gospels is traditionally believed to be found by Otto III in Charlemagne's grave. [38] The so-called Sabre of Charlemagne is also traditionally regarded as having been discovered in this occasion. [39]