# Hitda Codex [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, German]() - Date: 1001-1050 - Technique: Manuscript \(Cod. 1640\), 290 x 218 mm ## Commentary Hitda Codex c. 1020 Manuscript \(Cod. 1640\), 290 x 218 mm Hessische Landesbibliothek, Darmstadt The early phase of Cologne book illumination reached its height in the early 11th century. Its chief work was the Hitda Codex \(a Gospel Book\), the gift of a distinguished abbess to her convent. The miniature on folio 117r is a famous scene of a storm on the sea. ## Related artworks - [Aachen Gospels]() - [Aachen Gospels]() - [Ada Gospels]() - [Allegory of the Sacraments]() - [Antoninus Florentinus: Chronicon]() - [Aratea]() - [Astronomical-computist collection]() - [Astronomicum caesareum]() - [Astronomicum caesareum]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() - [Bamberg Apocalypse]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()