for Abbess Hitda of Meschede. It draws on Byzantine and Carolingian models as well
as the palette of the Egbert Codex to produce a calm Christ, asleep during a wild
storm on the Sea of Galilee that ruffles the sails of the ship and seems to toss it into
sheer air. The marriage of Otto II to a Byzantine princess, Theophanu, helps account
for the Byzantine influence.
