# Cover of the Gospels of Henry the Lion

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, Bohemian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-goldsmith-bohemian-rd37925867d289f>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Silverwork, 340 x 255 mm

## Commentary

The &lt;A onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/zgothic/miniatur/1151-200/3german/01g\_1150.html&#39;\)&#34; HREF=&#34;/html/zgothic/miniatur/1151-200/3german/01g\_1150.html&#34;&gt;Gospels of Henry the Lion&lt;/A&gt; \(Evangeliar Heinrichs des Löwen\) was illuminated at Helmarshausen Abbey for Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony \(1142-1195\), cousin of Frederick Barbarossa. The manuscript went to Prague in the late fourteenth century in the reign of Emperor Charles IV, where in 1594 it was given a new cover, commissioned by the dean of the cathedral, Georg Barthold Pontanus von Breitenberg. This is decorated with silver reliefs of the four evangelists and a crystal box containing relics of St Mark and the saintly King Sigismund.

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