page_title: Lorsch codex
hierarchical_section_title: Lorsch codex
context_page_description: The Lorsch Codex is an important historical document created between about 1175 to 1195 AD in the Monastery of Saint Nazarius in Lorsch, Germany. The codex is handwritten in Carolingian minuscule, and contains an illuminated initial – for example, a huge "D" is presented on the first page. The codex consists of 460 pages in large format containing more than 3800 entries. It is important because it details the gifts given to the monastery and the possessions belonging to it, giving some of the first mention of cities of the Middle Ages in central Germany, and in particular in the Rhein-Neckar region. Over one thousand places are named.
  No original of the Lorsch Codex is known; however, the codex is currently housed in the Bavarian state archive.
context_section_description: The Lorsch Codex (Chronicon Laureshamense, Lorscher Codex, Codex Laureshamensis) is an important historical document created between about 1175 to 1195 AD in the Monastery of Saint Nazarius  in Lorsch, Germany. The codex is handwritten in Carolingian minuscule, and contains an illuminated initial – for example, a huge "D" is presented on the first page. The codex consists of 460 pages in large format containing more than 3800 entries. It is important because it details the gifts given to the monastery and the possessions belonging to it, giving some of the first mention of cities of the Middle Ages in central Germany, and in particular in the Rhein-Neckar region. Over one thousand places are named.
  No original of the Lorsch Codex is known; however, the codex is currently housed in the Bavarian state archive.
caption: First page of the Lorsch Codex
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