▁Christ . ▁The ▁verse ▁makes ▁equal ▁sense ▁if ▁we ▁read ▁the ▁speaker ▁as ▁Christ ▁or ▁as ▁the ▁G ospel ▁Book . ▁S urr ounding ▁Christ ▁outside ▁a ▁frame ▁are ▁four ▁se ated ▁evangel ist ▁port ra its , ▁above ▁or ▁below ▁each ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁scene ▁from ▁their ▁G ospel . ▁ ▁Reading ▁from ▁top ▁left , ▁clock wise , ▁these ▁are : ▁Christ ▁and ▁the ▁Ad ul ter ous ▁Woman , ▁the ▁Exp ulsion ▁of ▁the ▁M oney - l enders ▁from ▁the ▁Temple , ▁He aling ▁of ▁the ▁Bl ind ▁Man , ▁He aling ▁of ▁the ▁Le per . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Carol ing ian ▁era , ▁King ▁Char lemagne ▁believed ▁in ▁the ▁spiritual ▁powers ▁of ▁gem st ones ▁and ▁min er als , ▁and ▁their ▁mag ical ▁connection ▁to ▁heaven . ▁ ▁He ▁believed ▁sa pp h ires ▁symbol ized ▁an ▁image ▁of ▁heaven , ▁heaven ly ▁virt ues , ▁and ▁et ernal ▁life . ▁ ▁Char lemagne ▁passed ▁down ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁spiritual ▁qual ities ▁of ▁gem st ones ▁to ▁his ▁grand son , ▁Charles ▁the ▁Bald , ▁who ▁ordered ▁the ▁Code x ▁A ure us ▁and ▁Lind au ▁G osp els ▁to ▁be ▁written ▁in ▁ 8 7 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁art is ans ▁created ▁the ▁covers ▁with ▁emer ald s , ▁sa pp h ires , ▁rub ies , ▁gar net s , ▁ag ate , ▁and ▁p ear ls . ▁ ▁The ▁standard ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁is ▁extremely ▁ref ined , ▁with ▁each