The Carolingian Lorsch Gospels

Left, Front cover. Right, Back Cover.

The Four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

Christ Seated holding the Gospels above and below.

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 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. Read more. . .

Carolingian letter forms.