Sainte-Chapelle Gospels

It does not contain a miniature showing the man or woman who commissioned it (probably someone of high rank) and it does not have a title page, making its dating uncertain.

On its title page for St Matthew's Gospel (folio 16, recto) are four medallions showing inscribed portraits of one of the sovereigns of the era, one in each side of the border: If Saint Henry is shown, this would date the manuscript to between 1002 and 1014.

Egbert sent the Gospel Book and Codex to the empress, probably in an attempt at appeasement and reconciliation, adding the figure of Christ in Majesty.

The Gospel Book constitutes a high point in Ottonian illumination, moving from old models and serving as an exemplar for other scriptoriums.

The Christ in Majesty was produced in the scriptorium of Echternach Abbey and is modeled on a Carolinigian bible created in Tours and found in Trier.