File:12th-century painters - Gospels of Henry the Lion - WGA15925.jpg
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Artist |
Unknown Miniaturist, German (active 1175-1188 in Helmarshausen) |
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Gospels of Henry the Lion |
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between 1175 and 1188 date QS:P571,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1175-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1188-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | illumination on parchment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 340 mm (13.38 in); width: 255 mm (10.03 in) dimensions QS:P2048,340U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,255U174789 |
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institution QS:P195,Q663820 |
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Web Gallery of Art: Image Info about artwork reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/zgothic/miniatur/1151-200/3german/01g_1150.html" |
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JPEG file comment | MINIATURIST, German
(active 1175-1188 in Helmarshausen) Gospels of Henry the Lion 1175-88 Illumination on parchment, 340 x 255 mm Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel The Gospels of Henry the Lion (Evangeliar Heinrichs des Löwen) was illuminated at Helmarshausen Abbey for Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony (1142-1195), cousin of Frederick Barbarossa. The lower section of the dedication picture shows Henry the Lion and his wife Matilda with the patron saints of Brunswick, St Blasius and St Giles (known in Germany by his Latin name, Aegidius), who are leading them towards the Madonna enthroned above. Henry, in a sumptuous robe and ermine-lined mantle, presents her with the gospel book he has commissioned. In the upper section of the painting, the enthroned Mother of God is being blessed by the infant Jesus, who is encircled by a roundel. Mary is accompanied by St John the Baptist, dressed in animal skin, and St Bartholomew, carrying a crosier. The manuscript went to Prague in the late fourteenth century in the reign of Emperor Charles IV, where in 1594 it was given a <A onclick="return OpenOther('/html/zzdeco/1gold/16c/08b_1550.html')" HREF="/html/zzdeco/1gold/16c/08b_1550.html">new cover.</A> In 1983 the manuscript was acquired at auction from Sotheby's for £ 7,4 million by two German national libraries. Since then it has been kept alternately in the Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, and the Bayerische Staatsbibliotek, Munich.
--- Keywords: -------------- Author: MINIATURIST, German Title: Gospels of Henry the Lion Time-line: 1151-1200 School: German Form: illumination Type: religious |
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