Lindau Gospels Cover

Dr. Nancy Ross and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of a jeweled upper cover of the Lindau Gospels.

Jeweled upper cover of the Lindau Gospels, c. 880, Court School of Charles the Bald, 350 × 275 mm, (Morgan Library and Museum, New York). The cover may have been made in the Royal Abbey of St. Denis.