![]() Vienna Coronation Gospels or Reich GospelsĪachen (?), Vienna Coronation Gospels Group ("Palace School of Charlemagne")Įvangeliary four full-page images of the Evangelists, 16 Canon tables written with gold and silver letter on purple-dyed parchment Riquier Gospels, or Centula Gospels, or Abbeville GospelsĪbbeville, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. Saint-Martin-des-Champs Gospels or Paris Arsenal-GospelsĪachen, Ada School (Court School of Charlemagne) 409Ĭ.790, second part at the beginning of the 9th centuryĪachen, Ada School (Court School of Charlemagne) Montpellier, Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire, Section Médicine, Ms. Psalter two full page miniatures, 165 large and 2000 small initials In late Carolingian times a Franco-Saxon School developed which incorporated forms from insular illumination, before a new epoch began at the end of the tenth century with the development of Ottonian illumination List of manuscripts ImageĮvangeliary six full page miniatures, ornamental decorations, initials and borders written in gold and silver letters on purple-dyed parchment The high point of Carolingian illumination came to an end in the late ninth century. Since the Court School dominated in the time of Charlemagne, it was more influential in later times than the works of the Palace School. After the death of Charlemagne, the centre of illumination shifted to Rheims, Tours and Metz. ![]() The codices of this school are also known as the "group of the Vienna Coronation Gospels" after their most outstanding examples. " Contemporary was the "Palace School" which was probably based in the same place, but whose artists were from Byzantium or Byzantine Italy. The developers of Carolingian illumination were the so-called "court school of Charlemagne" at the Palace of Aachen, which created the manuscripts of the " Ada School. Until this point, Merovingian and Insular illumination had continued without a breach. The first work to be considered Carolingian is the Godescalc Evangelistary, which was created for Charlemagne between 781 and 783. Key works of Carolingian illumination are those Illuminated manuscripts of the Carolingian period which are recognised in art historical scholarship as works of particular artistic significance (especially those included in general overviews). ![]()
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