Lorsch Gospels
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) History It was first recorded in Lorsch Abbey (Germany), for which it was presumably written, and where it was mentioned as ''Evangelium scriptum cum auro pictum habens tabulas eburneas'' in the catalogue of the ...
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