# The Golden Gospels of Henry III [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, German]() - Date: 1001-1050 - Technique: Manuscript \(Cod. Vitr. 17\), 500 x 335 mm ## Commentary The Golden Gospels of Henry III 1043-46 Manuscript \(Cod. Vitr. 17\), 500 x 335 mm Real Biblioteca de San Lorenzo, El Escorial On folio 2v is one of the dedication pictures of the manuscript. Kneeling at the foot of Christ are the much smaller figures of Emperor Conrad II and his consort Gisela, the parents of Henry III, who had Speyer Cathedral built and made it the burial place of the Salian dynasty. ## 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]()