Ottonian Artistry

Most of the great artists of 10th-century Europe are anonymous. One of them, who goes by the name Master of the Registrum Gregorii, was a leading illuminator in Trier in Germany at some point between 977 and 993 and created the splendid Ottonian evangeliary Reg.lat.15. It was digitized by the Vatican in the past week. The book has huge and very ornate initials:

It has been copiously studied by art historians. The Trier workshop must have been superb, as a second great illuminator, perhaps a student of the Master, seems to have been put to work on folio 1r and 2v, which contain purpureus pages with gold writing based on late antique models. The latter illuminator, believed to have worked in Mainz, also created the famous Prayerbook of Otto III, now in Munich.

Here is a selection of the new codices online:

1. Borg.et.8
2. Reg.lat.8, psalms, Versio Gallicana (with touches of the Vetus Latina), annotated with the help of a Greek text. Incipit, beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum. This is a 12th-century manuscript from Germany or Bohemia and has the Beuron number 438 (my list). No illuminations, but rubrics throughout.
3. Reg.lat.15, evangeliary from Trier, Germany (above)
4. Reg.lat.137
5. Reg.lat.144
6. Reg.lat.157
7. Reg.lat.181
8. Reg.lat.192
9. Reg.lat.217
10. Reg.lat.221, ff. 18-33 contains the natural-history book by Hugo de Folieto (13th century), incipit "Si dormitatis inter medios cleros", according to the eTK. Also: "Desiderii tui karissime petitionibus ..." (13c) (use the eTK via the link at the Medieval Academy of America).
11. Reg.lat.225
12. Reg.lat.239
13. Reg.lat.244
14. Reg.lat.289
15. Reg.lat.314
16. Reg.lat.363
17. Reg.lat.371
18. Reg.lat.376
19. Reg.lat.386
20. Reg.lat.395
21. Reg.lat.446
22. Urb.lat.1779 
23. Vat.copt.98
24. Vat.lat.707 , Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum HT to @LatinAristotle who notes: ms names fellow Dominican "Albertus [Magnus] Teutonicus":
25. Vat.lat.1337
26. Vat.lat.1375
27. Vat.lat.1386
28. Vat.lat.1419
29. Vat.lat.1471
30. Vat.lat.1487
31. Vat.lat.1506
32. Vat.lat.5748

This is Piggin's Unofficial List number 110. If you have corrections or additions, please use the comments box below. Follow me on Twitter (@JBPiggin) for news of more additions to DigiVatLib.