![]() The Chinese Orientalism suggested by its figures has always attracted the attention of scholars. In this famous codex, the miniatures interspersed with text filled the pages with thousands of agitated figurines, as if the divine characters, as well as humans, were all epileptic and alienated. Reims was probably the birthplace of the Lothar Gospels, known as the Sacramentary of Metz as well as the masterpiece of Reims: the Utrecht Psalter of ca. Saint Mark, from the Ebbo Gospels (Bibliothèque Municipale, Épernay, France). Saint Mathew, from the Ebbo Gospels, ninth century (Bibliothèque Municipale, Épernay, France). The Gospels bearing his name was made before 823 and displayed the same frenetic style -like a parody of the Hellenistic illusionism- that characterized the school of Reims, the illustrations of the Ebbo Gospels were inspired in late classical painting and the landscapes were represented in the illusionistic style. They reflected the spirit and temperament of the founder of this school: the famous Bishop Ebbo. The codices attributed to the school of the Reims Cathedral included highly expressive miniatures. Saint John the Evangelist, from the Codex Aureus of Lorsch (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican city). An illuminated folio from the Codex Aureus of Lorsch or Lorsch Gospels (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican city). The beginning ( Incipit) of the Book of Luke, from the Harley Golden Gospels (British Library, British Museum, London). 800-825 (British Library, British Museum, London). Saint Mark, from the Harley Golden Gospels, ca. ![]() John the Evangelist of the Lorsch Gospels or codex Aureus of Lorsch, undoubtedly a work of the same scriptorium at the Trier Cathedral which also produced all the Ada-style codices. Equally young and elegantly dressed in a blue tunic and fantasy cape in an almost identical architectural background is the image of St. ![]() In this codex, Saint Mark the Evangelist is sitting inside a white marble apse with a dark blue vault reddish Corinthian capitals support a triumphal arch enhanced with gems and copied from ancient models young Saint Mark, robed in a gold and red cape, takes us to the atmosphere of the imperial court in the Chrysotriklinos of the Sacred Palace of Constantinople. ![]() The Ada codex was made before Charlemagne’s death in 814 and it shows the same characteristics of the famous codex of the British Museum (also known as Harley Golden Gospels) here briefly mentioned. The Evangelists are not represented writing outdoors, but inside decorated kiosks. In the manuscripts belonging to the group influenced by the style of the Ada codex, the illustrations’ backgrounds were architectural and civil landscapes. Medard de Soissons (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris). The beginning of the fourth Evangelium ( Evangelia Quattuor) from the Gospels of St. Medard de Soissons, 9th-century (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris). Saint John Evangelist from the Gospels of St. The technical progress achieved in the production of these manuscripts is evident when the Gottschalk Gospels is compared with the Gospels of Saint-Médard-de-Soissons from early ninth century, which assimilated the art of the Byzantine illustrators. 781-783), commissioned by Charlemagne himself and his wife Hildegard and entirely written in gold and silver letters on purple parchment. The oldest manuscript produced in the Aachen scriptorium was the Gottschalk Gospels (ca. The miniaturists working in the Scriptorium of Aachen revealed kind of an intellectual peace in their compositions: the characters were often represented as if they were enjoying the Rhine’s idyllic landscapes. Saint John from the Gottschalk Gospels Saint Luke from the Gottschalk Gospels Other Carolingian schools devoted to manuscript illumination had their production centers in Metz, Reims and Tours. The same style employed in the production of the Ada’s manuscript was used in two magnificent codices, one in Lorsch and other in the British Museum. Other codex from the Cathedral of Trier included a note saying that it was done exclusively for Ada, a sister of Charlemagne, hence its name “Ada manuscript”. A manuscript still preserved in the Cathedral of Aachen is believed to have come from the scriptorium of the same palace. At this time, Western civilization was using again the fancy purplish parchment which was in vogue during the first Christian centuries. Saint Mark the Evangelist, folio 81 verso from the Ada Gospels (Stadtbibliothek, Trier, Germany).īooks were a constant concern for Charlemagne and his friends, ministers, and collaborators. late eighth century or early ninth century (Stadtbibliothek, Trier, Germany). Saint Mathew the Evangelist, folio 15 verso from the Ada Gospels, ca.
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