# Gospel Book [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, German]() - Date: 1001-1050 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. Bibl. 95\) ## Commentary This miniature is from one of the manuscripts which Henry II commissioned for presentation to Bamberg, where it still remains. It shows Henry II carrying the Gospel Book. The Latin inscription around the arch reads: 'Henry the pious king'. ## 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]()