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Otto III was Holy Roman Emperor from 996 to 1002, when he died at the age of 21. Otto III looks out at us with hypnotic eyes, and is dressed in green and the imperial purple. He was the son of Otto II, who died when Otto III was three, and a Byzantine Princess called Theophanu, and we know that he was an educated man.
Dec 6, 2023 · The pages of the Gospels of Otto III manuscript measure 334 by 242 millimeters and are made of parchment. The script is written in ink, with gold initials, and the manuscript is extensively illustrated with portraits of the four evangelists (the authors of the four gospels), and scenes from the life of Christ as well as the ruler portrait.
The Gospel Book of Otto III. The illumination Footwashing of St. Peter, shows iconography that is included in many prior works, but transformed in this book. The stares of the other disciples, the glance and gesture of Christ, and the use of the ceremonial canopy with gold introduces high drama.
- 998 to 1001
- Manuscript
- Otto III
The Liuthar Gospels (also Gospels of Otto III or Ottonian Gospels) are a work of Ottonian illumination which are counted among the masterpieces of the period known as the Ottonian Renaissance. The manuscript, named after a monk called Liuthar, was probably created around the year 1000 at the order of Otto III at the Abbey of Reichenau and lends ...
Gospel Book, produced for Otto III between 996-1002, possibly by the Trier artist known as the 'Master of the Registrum Gregorii'. It seems to have been in Cologne soon after it was completed and influenced the decoration of a number of manuscripts executed there in the early 11th century, which provide a good idea of the miniatures it now ...
Jun 12, 2020 · The Gospel Book of Otto III. In his short life, which ended at only 21 years of age in 1002, Otto III never married or fathered any children, yet he presumably commissioned one of the most significant manuscripts of his age, with as many as 34 full-page miniatures shimmering with gold.
The pages of the Gospels of Otto III manuscript measure 334 by 242 millimeters and are made of parchment. The script is written in ink, with gold initials, and the manuscript is extensively illustrated with portraits of the four evangelists (the authors of the four gospels), and scenes from the life of Christ as well as the ruler portrait.
