Uta Codex

13601, Bavarian State Library, Munich) is a "gospel lectionary" or evangeliary.

"[1] It was commissioned around 1025 by Abbess Uta von Niedermünster, Regensburg, in Bavaria, Germany.

[2] It is a spectacular Ottonian manuscript, and is famous for its gem-encrusted gold case, with a relief of Christ in Majesty, as well as for the eight full-page miniatures.

German art historian George Swarzenski described the Uta Codex as "the wonderful gospel book, which is perhaps the most significant work of Western illumination of its time.

[4] Four full-page frontispieces illustrate 1) the Hand of God, 2) Abbess Uta dedicating the codex to the Virgin and Child, 3) the Crucifixion, and 4) Saint Erhard, patron saint of the convent, celebrating Mass.