# Codex Aureus of Echternach [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, German]() - Date: 1001-1050 - Technique: Manuscript \(Hs. 156142\), 446 x 310 mm ## Commentary Codex Aureus of Echternach c. 1030 Manuscript \(Hs. 156142\), 446 x 310 mm Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg Folio 19v precedes the Gospel of St Matthew. The miniature is divided into three parts. In the upper register the Annunciation and the Visitation, in the middle register the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds, while in the lower register Herod and the Three Magi are depicted. The codex belonged for a long time to the monastery of Echternach. ## 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]()