A Short History of the Middle Ages Fourth Edition

Plate 4.2: The Raising of Lazarus, Egbert Codex (985–990). This miniature is one of 51 illustrations in a
Pericopes, a book of readings arranged for the liturgical year. The story of the Raising of Lazarus, which is
recounted in John 11:1–45, is read during the week before Easter. Of the many elements of this story, the
artist chose a few important moments, arranging them into a unified scene.

At around the same time, in convents that provided them with comfortable

private apartments, noblewomen were writing books and supporting other artists and

scholars. Plate 4.3 is from a manuscript made at Cologne between c.1000 and c.1020