Pericopes of Henry II
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Folio 117r of the Pericopes of Henry II, Reichenau, c. 1002 - 1012: the Angel on the Tomb. The facing folio, 116v, contains an illumination of the three Maries approaching the tomb. |
The
Pericopes of Henry II (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4452) is a luxurious medieval
illuminated manuscript made for
Henry II, the last
Ottonian Holy Roman Emperor, made c. 1002 – 1012 AD. The manuscript, which is lavishly illuminated, is a product of the
Liuthar circle of illuminators, who were working in the Benedictine
Abbey of Reichenau, which housed a
scriptorium and artists' workshop that has a claim to having been the largest and artistically most influential in Europe during the late 10th and early 11th centuries. An unrivalled series of liturgical manuscripts was produced at Reichenau under the highest patronage of Ottonian Society. (Other centers include scriptoria at
Lorsch,
Trier and
Regensburg.)
It is 425 mm by 320 mm and has 206
vellum folios.
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Bayerisches Staatsbibliothek: "Reichenau illumination" (in english)
