# Gospel Book of Henry II [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, German]() - Date: 1001-1050 - Technique: Manuscript ## Commentary The composition of this picture is similar to the representation of Christ in Majesty. However, it is the image of Henry II that sits enthroned in the mandorla instead of Christ, or God the Father. The dove of the Holy Ghost is seen hovering above his head, and the three-quarter medallions at the sides and the rectangular spaces in the margin show the Virtues, alluded to by means of human gestures. A scene of judgment is seen taking place beneath the image of the emperor. The message of this miniature: as he passes judgment, the emperor, inspired by God \(the dove\), is represented as the personification of the Virtues. ## 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]()