# Book cover

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31/book-cover-r4019bb57f5e4e9>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, German](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31>)
- Date: 0801-0850
- Technique: Ivory

## Commentary

This book cover once adorned the Lorsch gospels. The turned metal frames surrounding the five early 9th-century ivory panels were a late addition, made to match the front cover, which was kept in Rome. In the centre the Virgin Mary sits enthroned holding the child, accompanied by Zachariah in the robes of a priest on her right and St John the baptist holding a blank scroll on her left.

## Related artworks

- [12 scenes from the Life of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31/12-scenes-from-the-life-of-christ-r95cfcd830a1780>)
- [A Bath-House](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31/a-bath-house-rba02824b529fa9>)
- [A carpenter at work](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31/a-carpenter-at-work-r9d121222b3ab9a>)
- [A Knight of the Rehlinger Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31/a-knight-of-the-rehlinger-family-rb89ca4432f9f7a>)
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- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31/adoration-of-the-magi-r856abfc23225a0>)
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- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31/adoration-of-the-magi-re300d4c5bd27eb>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31/adoration-of-the-shepherds-r7c801d03e07ac1>)
- [Altarpiece of the Seven Joys of Mary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31/altarpiece-of-the-seven-joys-of-mary-r178295f4ab4b57>)
- [Altarpiece of the Seven Joys of Mary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-german-rbfcaf296451c31/altarpiece-of-the-seven-joys-of-mary-r93ab1796968c66>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)