Evangeliar Heinrichs des Löwen. Wolfenbüttel, Herzog August Bibliothek, Cod. Guelf. 105 Noviss. 2°.

3 vol., folio & 4to.

Red oasis, covers ruled with blind stamped borders. Slipcase, metal ornament on upper cover.

Elegant coloured facsimile of the Gospel Book of Henry the Lion, considered as the greatest masterpiece of Roman book illumination in Northern Germany. The Duke commissioned it to the monks of the Benedictine Abbey of Helmarshausen between 1175 and 1188. One of 950 numb. copies (n. 669). With the commentary and the coloured prospectus.
Joined: Schneidmüller B., Wolter-von dem Knesebeck, H. - Das Evangeliar Heinrichs des Löwen und Mathildes von England. Darmstadt, wbg, 2018. Folio. Publ. cloth. Slipcase. (4 vol.)