Question

The Aachen Gospels of Otto III, part of which is shown above, is an example of what kind of manuscript?

Answer 1

It is an Ottonian manuscript. It produced magnificent medieval illuminated manuscripts and it is about religion. They were a major art form of the time, and monasteries received direct sponsorship from emperors and bishops, having the best in equipment and talent available. The range of heavily illuminated texts was very largely restricted (unlike in the Carolingian Renaissance) to the main liturgical books, with very few secular works being so treated.

Answer 2

Ottonian manuscript :)