page_title: Godescalc Evangelistary
section_title: Christ in Majesty
hierarchical_section_title: Godescalc Evangelistary / Miniatures / Christ in Majesty
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Le Christ en Majesté, enluminure extraite de l' Evangéliaire dit de Godescalc ou de Charlemagne.English: Christ in Majesty, from the Evangéliaire dit de Charlemagne.
context_page_description: The Godescalc Evangelistary, Godescalc Sacramentary, Godescalc Gospels, or Godescalc Gospel Lectionary is an illuminated manuscript in Latin made by the Frankish scribe Godescalc and today kept in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. It was commissioned by the Carolingian king Charlemagne and his wife Hildegard on October 7, 781 and completed on April 30, 783. The Evangelistary is the earliest known manuscript produced at the scriptorium in Charlemagne's Court School in Aachen. The manuscript was intended to commemorate Charlemagne's march to Italy, his meeting with Pope Adrian I, and the baptism of his son Pepin. The crediting of the work to Godescalc and the details of Charlemagne's march are contained in the manuscript's dedication poem.
context_section_description: The miniature of Christ in Majesty depicts a young Jesus Christ holding a book in his left arm and making the sign of a blessing with his right. The golden words etched behind Christ are strongly linked to the following text in the Evangelistary about Christ's life which includes the same words. Christ in Majesty was probably based on a famous painting known as the Acheropita, located in the Lateran Basilica in Rome. This is the same Lateran where Pope Adrian I baptized Charlemagne's son, Pepin. In its treatment of form, the miniature is elongated between shoulders and hip. This shows possible influence from the style of the icon of the Virgin crowned as Queen (also known as Queen of Heaven); located in the Santa Maria in Trastevere, executed for Pope John VII (705-707). The round face and the large eyes of the youthful Christ recall the image of the Virgin in the Mount Sinai icon.
caption: Christ in Majesty; miniature of Jesus Christ in the Godescalc Evangelistary.
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