# Gospel Lectionary of Henry II [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, German]() - Date: 1001-1050 - Technique: Manuscript \(Clm. 4452\), 425 x 320 mm ## Commentary Gospel Lectionary of Henry II c. 1010 Manuscript \(Clm. 4452\), 425 x 320 mm Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich The miniatures on folio 116 v and the facing 117r prefix the gospel reading for mass at Easter Sunday. The illustration on folio 117r shows the angel beside the empty tomb of Christ. The figure is located in a splendid pillared setting that has an air of classical antiquity about it. ## 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]()