Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book): Saint John and Opening Page of St. John's Gospel

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Title Coronation Gospels (Gospel Book): Saint John and Opening Page of St. John's Gospel
Location City/State Aachen (origin)
Location Country Germany
Style Period Medieval Art: Carolingian
Description also known as the 'Gospel Book of Charlemagne'
Subject Religious Art; Illuminated Manuscripts
Creation Date ca. 800 - 810 CE
Form illuminated manuscript
Medium ink and tempera on vellum
Dimensions 1' 3/4" x 10"
Repository Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schatzkammer, Inv. XIII 18, folio 178v and 179r, Vienna (Austria)
Classes ART 3600: History of Graphic Design
Source Book Illumination in the Middle Ages, by Otto Pacht. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1986.; Slide Collection of Randall Smith
Work ID 8490
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s68w6qwk
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 33765
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68w6qwk
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