Work of Art Record 52749

Record No

52749

Collection

The Gabriel Millet Collection

Inventory Number

Millet No.: 1.V856.5

Location

Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Kaiserliche Schatzkammer Wien

Date

late 8c.

Subject Headings

John the Evangelist

Notes

Also known as the Coronation Gospels. Said to have been found by Emperor Otto III when he opened the tomb of Charlemagne at Aachen in the year 1000.

Citations

Beckwith, J., "Byzantine Influence, Court of Charlemagne," Karl der Grosse: Lebenswerk und Nachleben, III (1965), pp. 297 ff.; color pls. XXXV-XXXVIII

Mütherich, F., "Die Buchmalerei am Hofe Karls des Grossen," Karl der Grosse: Lebenswerk und Nachleben, III (1965), pp. 46 ff.; pls. XXXV-XXXVIII

Mütherich, F., & Gaehde, J., Carolingian Painting (1976), pp. 11, 24; color pls. 8-10

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