Hitda Codex
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The Hitda Codex is an eleventh-century codex containing an evangeliary, a selection of passages from the Gospels, commissioned by Hitda, abbess of Meschede in about 1020. It is held at University and State Library Darmstadt. Hitda is depicted in the book's dedication miniature presenting the codex to the convent's patron, Saint Walburga. St. Walburga stands on a pedestal in the center of the composition, and has a golden halo surrounding her head. Behind the two women is the monastery that Hitda oversees, which fills the entire background. The illuminations are highlights of the Cologne school in the later phases of the Ottonian Renaissance. The Hitda Codex contains the only surviving Life of Christ cycle of illuminations produced in Cologne from this period. The cycle's cultural context has been replicated by Henry Mayr-Harting.
The Hitda Codex is an eleventh-century codex containing an evangeliary, a selection of passages from the Gospels, commissioned by Hitda, abbess of Meschede in about 1020. It is held at University and State Library Darmstadt. Hitda is depicted in the book's dedication miniature presenting the codex to the convent's patron, Saint Walburga. St. Walburga stands on a pedestal in the center of the composition, and has a golden halo surrounding her head. Behind the two women is the monastery that Hitda oversees, which fills the entire background. The illuminations are highlights of the Cologne school in the later phases of the Ottonian Renaissance. The Hitda Codex contains the only surviving Life of Christ cycle of illuminations produced in Cologne from this period. The cycle's cultural context has been replicated by Henry Mayr-Harting. ==Gallery== File:Hitda-EvangeliarHeilungSchwiegermutter.jpg|The Healing of St Peter's mother-in-law File:Healing of the demon-possessed.jpg|Healing of the demon-possessed File:Hitda Codex - dedication miniature f6r - DarmBib 1640.jpg|Dedication miniature File:Hitda-Codex-Healing of a man with a withered hand.jpg|Healing of a man with a withered hand File:HitdaMeschedeDarmstadtCod1640fol171.jpg|Jesus and the woman taken in adultery File:11th-century painters - Hitda Codex - WGA15922.jpg|Raising of the son of the widow of Nain File:MajestasDominiHitdaC.jpg|Christ in Majesty File:Meister des Hitda-Evangeliars 003a.jpg|Baptism of Christ File:Meister des Hitda-Evangeliars 004.jpg|Annunciation File:HitdaMeschedeDarmstadtCod1640fol117r.jpg|Calming the storm ==Notes==
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