{"id":11522,"date":"2020-06-12T11:28:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T10:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=11522"},"modified":"2021-02-15T18:26:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T17:26:30","slug":"tracing-otto-iii-life-three-manuscripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/tracing-otto-iii-life-three-manuscripts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracing Otto III&#8217;s Life in Three Manuscripts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gospel-book-otto-III-facsimile-edition-05Facsimile-FinderPANORAMICA-750x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gospel-book-otto-III-facsimile-edition-05Facsimile-FinderPANORAMICA-750x257.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gospel-book-otto-III-facsimile-edition-05Facsimile-FinderPANORAMICA-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gospel-book-otto-III-facsimile-edition-05Facsimile-FinderPANORAMICA-768x263.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/gospel-book-otto-III-facsimile-edition-05Facsimile-FinderPANORAMICA.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ottonian art<\/strong> takes its name from a <strong>Saxon dynasty<\/strong> that ruled over Germany, Switzerland, part of Serbia, and northern Italy <strong>around the turn of the 11th century<\/strong>. The life story of one of its emperors, <strong>Otto III<\/strong>, can be told through three manuscripts, which detail his origins and portray him as the ideal ruler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Wedding Between Cultures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 14th, 972, Pope John XIII concluded a political wedding of the highest order to symbolize the close relations between the <strong>Western and Byzantine empires<\/strong>. The marriage between <strong>Holy Roman Emperor Otto II <\/strong>and <strong>Byzantine princess Theophanu<\/strong> granted not just international treatises, but also cultural exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/marriage-certificate-of-the-empress-theophano-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">marriage certificate<\/a><\/strong> testifies to the <strong>union between Western and Byzantine art&nbsp;and courtly traditions<\/strong> \u2014 its three parchment pieces, measuring almost 150 cm in length, are penned with <strong>shimmering gold script<\/strong> on a ground of indigo with <strong>purple medallions<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/facsimile-edition-06-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/facsimile-edition-06-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=539&#038;ssl=1 539w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"359\" data-id=\"11568\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=11568\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/facsimile-edition-06-Facsimile-Finder.jpg\" data-width=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/facsimile-edition-06-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/facsimile-edition-07-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/facsimile-edition-07-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=320&#038;ssl=1 320w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"320\" data-id=\"11569\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=11569\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/facsimile-edition-07-Facsimile-Finder.jpg\" data-width=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/facsimile-edition-07-Facsimile-Finder.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight years later after the marriage, Theophanu gave birth to their only son, <strong>Otto III<\/strong>, who was <strong>anointed king when he was only three years old<\/strong>, in 983, following the death of his father. He was educated by two of the best imaginable teachers: <strong>Bernward of Hildesheim<\/strong> and <strong>Gerbert of Aurillac<\/strong>, who would later become, respectively, Bishop of Hildesheim and Pope Sylvester II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hl alignright\"><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span>&#8220;<em>Receive, o most admirable king of kings, this modest booklet so worthy of our veneration for you, which I have written in gold and decorated with various illustrations<\/em>&#8220;<span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With their help, Otto III learned not just to admire the splendors of <strong>Ancient Rome<\/strong>, but also to speak and read <strong>Greek and Latin<\/strong>. His mother and the monk <strong>Nilus the Younger<\/strong> introduced the young king to <strong>Byzantine art and culture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Royal Prayer Book of Otto III<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Archibishop Willigs of Mainz<\/strong>, who had crowned Otto III when he was only three, presumably also commissioned what was later recognized as one of the most magnificent codices of its age: the<strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/royal-prayer-book-for-otto-iii-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Prayer Book of Otto III<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A manuscript intended for the king&#8217;s <strong>private devotion<\/strong>, it is one of the few extant royal prayer books made in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div 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religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the illuminations, Otto is seen <strong>praying between the Saints Peter and Paul<\/strong>; kneeling before Christ, who is represented within a mandorla; and sitting on his throne while <strong>receiving a prayerbook from a clergyman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Ruler or a Saint? The Gospel Book of Otto III<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his short life, which ended at only 21 years of age in 1002, Otto III never married or fathered any children, yet he presumably commissioned one of the most significant manuscripts of his age, with as many as <strong>34 full-page miniatures shimmering with gold<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/gospel-book-otto-III-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Gospel Book of Otto III<\/strong> <\/a>went down in history as a superb example of the <strong>Reichenau school of illumination<\/strong>, made in the monastery of Reichenau, an island on Lake Constance, in the heart of Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between the canon tables and the portrait of St. Matthew, where gospel book illuminators usually place the portrait of Christ, is a <strong>double-page miniature of Otto III<\/strong>, flanked by military men on one side and clergymen on the other, representing 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