Mark the Evangelist, image 21 of the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Codex_Aureus_of_Lorsch" class="extiw" title="w:en:Codex Aureus of Lorsch">Codex Aureus of Lorsch</a></i> or <i>Lorsch Gospels</i>, presumably written in the scriptorium of the <i>Lorsch Abbey</i> (<i>Hofschule Karls des Großen</i>), Germany.
<p>This Carolingian manuscript was stolen 1622 from the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Bibliotheca_Palatina" class="extiw" title="w:en:Bibliotheca Palatina">Bibliotheca Palatina</a></i> in Heidelberg, during the <i>Thirty Years' War</i>. In order to be easy to sell, the codex was broken in four parts:
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<ul><li>First written part - Gospels of Matthew and Mark, preliminary matter and canon tables</li></ul><dl><dd>Todays location: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Alba_Iulia#Landmarks" class="extiw" title="w:en:Alba Iulia">Batthyaneum (National) Library</a>, Alba Iulia, Romania</dd></dl><ul><li>Second written part - Gospels of Luke and John &amp; Ivory panels from the rear cover</li></ul><dl><dd>Todays location: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Vatican_Library" class="extiw" title="w:en:Vatican Library">Vatican Library</a></dd></dl><ul><li>Ivory panels from the front cover</li></ul><dl><dd>Todays location: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" class="extiw" title="w:en:Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a>, London, (Inv.-Nr. 138-1866)</dd></dl>
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Scriptorium of the <i>Lorsch Abbey</i> (<i>Hofschule Karls des Großen</i>), Germany</div>
between circa 810 and circa 815
<ul><li>Probably from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Alba_Iulia#Landmarks" class="extiw" title="w:en:Alba Iulia">Batthyaneum Library</a>, Alba Iulia, Romania</li></ul><dl><dd>(First written part - Gospels of Matthew and Mark, preliminary matter and canon tables)</dd></dl>