Abstract
Abstract Devised in the sophisticated intellectual realm of the Regensburg scriptorium of St Emmeram, the illumination with a portrait of Emperor Henry II is a unique conflation of quotations from various texts and images caused by very specific political constellations. It is primarily based on Carolingian admonitory texts, that is, Furstenspiegel or specula principum and on Carolingian and Ottonian imagery. It was interpolated ad hoc into a Gospel text donated to the monastery of Montecassino. After 1126-1127, the date of its removal from its original destination, the manuscript began to exercise considerable influence as a pictorialization of regal and/or imperial principles. Undoubtedly, its imperial pedigree, in combination with the exemplary character of the admonitory textual sources, added to its importance and supported the model role of the illumination for other patrons who also harkened back to Carolingian traditions of the Renovatio Imperii, such as the Staufer Emperor Frederick II and Philip...
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