EGBERT OF TRIER - Evangeliary of E. of T. (977-92). Miniature depicting Jesus and the centurion - Trier, Stadtbibliothek.
EGBERT, Archbishop of Trier. - Son of Count Theodoric of Holland, educated in the abbey of Egmond, d. in 993.
He took part in the politics of the Empire and was in 976-77 chancellor of Otto III, whom he accompanied to Italy in 980-83. Otto III pardoned the repentant E. for his policy of conspiracies with the Guelphs and sent him in 987 to the king of FranceLouis V as a mediator of peace. He made his residence at Trier a center of literary and artistic life, particularly of book miniatures. The first works of this school are the Codex Egberti or Liber Evangeliorum preserved in the municipal Library of Trier, and the Psalterium Egberti of 981, given by St. Elizabeth of Thuringia to the Library of the Chapter of Cividale.
Bibliography3 worksSt. Beissel, E. v. Trier. u. die byzantinische Frage, in Stimmen aus Maria Loach, 27 (1884), pp. 260-74; 479-96; F. H. Kraus, Die Miniaturen
BIBL.: St. Beissel, E. v. Trier. u. die byzantinische Frage, in Stimmen aus Maria Loach, 27 (1884), pp. 260-74; 479-96; F. H. Kraus, Die Miniaturen des Codex Egberti, Friburgo in Br. 1884; K. Krammer, s. v. in LThK, III, col. 244 sq.
Spätling, Lucchesio. “Egberto, arcivescovo di treviri.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 130. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/egberto-arcivescovo-di-treviri.
MLA
Spätling, Lucchesio. “Egberto, arcivescovo di treviri.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 130. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/egberto-arcivescovo-di-treviri.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec5_egberto_arcivescovo_di_treviri,
author = {Spätling, Lucchesio},
title = {Egberto, arcivescovo di treviri},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {130},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/egberto-arcivescovo-di-treviri}
}
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