Evangeliary of Averbode

It is considered one of the finest examples of illuminated manuscripts within Mosan art.

[1] It contains eight richly decorated full-page miniatures, and has been described as a masterpiece of Mosan art.

[2] Stylistically and iconographically it can however be grouped together with two other sumptuous illuminated manuscripts, created in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège during the second half of the 12th century: the Floreffe Bible [fr] (currently in the British Library) and the so-called Brussels Evangeliary (in the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels).

[3] The book was created in a time that the production of luxury evangeliaries decreased because liturgical Gospel readings were increasingly incorporated into Missals.

[6] The book was donated to the University of Liège in 1821, after having been removed from Averbode Abbey before its suppression in 1796.