Folio 72 verso of the Codex Aureus of Lorsch contain an illumination of Christ in Majesty.

Codex Aureus of Lorsch (also known as the Lorsch Gospels) was written between 778-820 during the period of Charlemagne. It was located for the first time in Lorsch Abbey (Germany), where it was mentioned as Evangelium scriptum cum auro pictum habens tabulas eburneas in the catalogue of the Lorsch Abbey library, compiled in 830 under Abbot Adelung. Considering gold letters in the manuscript and its location at Lorsch it was named the Codex Aureus Laurensius. In the tenth and eleventh centuries, the library of Lorsch was the one of the best libraries of the world. Events Charlemagne fights the Moors in Spain. ... Events Michael II succeeds Leo V as Byzantine Emperor The Historia Brittonum is written (approximate date) Births Rhodri Mawr (the Great), ruler of Gwynedd (Wales) (approximate date) Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date) Deaths December 24: Leo V, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated) Shankara, Hinduist teacher Tang Xian Zong, emperor of... A Frankish king, like Charlemagne, (center) depicted in the Sacramentary of Charles the Bald (about 870) Charlemagne (c. ...

In the 16th century the manuscript was taken to Heidelberg (Otto Heinrich removed the contents of the library to Heidelberg forming the famous "Palatina" just prior to Lorsch's dissolution in 1563), from were it was stolen in 1622 during the Thirty Years' War; in order to be an easy sell, the codex was broken in two, and the covers torn off. The richly ilustrated first half reached the Migazzi Library and after that was sold to Bishop Batthyani. This half is now in Alba Julia, Romania and belongs to Batthyaneum Library. The second half is in Vatican library. One cover is at the British Museum in London and the other one in the Museum Sacro of Rome. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ... Map of Germany showing Heidelberg Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the Central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ... A codex (Latin for book; plural codices) is a handwritten book from late Antiquity or the Early Middle Ages. ... Alba Iulia (Hungarian: Gyulafehérvár, German: Karlsburg) is a city in Alba county, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 66,369, located on the Mureş river. ... Romania (formerly spelled Rumania or Roumania; Romanian: România) is a country in southeastern Europe. ... The Vatican Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana) is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. ... The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum is one of the worlds greatest and most famous museums. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin Roma) is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. ...

Images of Codex Aureus

Notes

The Lorsch Gospels was officially catalogued as Pal.lat.50 in the Biblioteca Vaticano.

External links

• German description (http://www.denkmalpflege-hessen.de/LFDH4_UNESCO/Lorsch/Lorscher_Evangeliar/lorscher_evangeliar.html|)
• 1 (fol 13-14) (http://www.denkmalpflege-hessen.de/LFDH4_UNESCO/Lorsch/Lorscher_Evangeliar/lorscher_evangeliar.html)
• 2 (matthieu) (http://www.mcah.columbia.edu/dbcourses/klein/medium/lorsch_schefers2000_pl17.jpg)
• 3 (fol 72v) (http://www.forschung-fischerprivat.de/fischerweb/chronologieminiaturen.htm)
• 4 (ivoire - christ) (http://muvtor.btk.ppke.hu/korakoz/kep/lorsch.jpg)
• 5 (reliure ivoire Marie détail) (http://www.moesbooks.net/pics/30257.jpg)
• 6 (reliure ivoire Marie) (http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/students/tjuelch/Illustrationen/Evangeliar_gross.htm)
• 7 (http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/students/tjuelch/Illustrationen/Evangeliar_gross.htm)