Folio 72 verso of the Codex Aureus of Lorsch contains an illumination of Christ in MajestyVirgin and Child with John the Baptist and Zachary's. Book cover of the Lorsch Gospels (back cover). Nativity and annunciation to the shepherds below. Ivory, 14 7/8 x 10 3.4in. (37.8 x 27.3 cm), c. 810. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The Codex Aureus of Lorsch or Lorsch Gospels (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 50, and Alba Iulia, Biblioteca Documenta Batthyaneum, s.n.) is an illuminated Gospel Book written in Latin between 778 and 820, roughly coinciding with the period of Charlemagne's rule over the Frankish Empire. Both the manuscript and the carved ivory panels from the cover are rare and important survivals from the art of this period.
The current location of the various original parts is:
Batthyaneum Library, Alba Iulia, Romania: Gospels of Matthew and Mark, and canon tables and preliminary matter
Vatican Library: Gospels of Luke and John, and the ivory panels from the rear cover
Victoria and Albert Museum, London: the ivory panels from the front cover (Inv.-Nr. 138–1866)
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