Abstract
EVALUATİNG CHRİST'S MİRACLES İN CODEX AUREUS İN THE LİGHT OF THE BİBLE
Religious themes have established a considerable presence in Western art since the conversion to Christianity. As significant works of art in which religious themes find a field of application, book illustrations have been preserved in libraries, museums, and the like. Present at Nuremberg National Museum today, Codex Aureus, dating back to 1020-1030s, is one of the manuscripts having survived until today. In Codex Aureus which has 136 folios, subject matters are taken from the four gospels of the Bible (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John).
This study gives information about the historical development of illustrations and Codex Aureus, and analyses the illustrations in Codex Aureus treating the miracles of Jesus Christ. Then the scenes in the illustrations treating Christ's miracles are evaluated in the light of Biblical narratives, and compositions are interpreted in terms of representation styles of miracle themes and their semantic extent.
Keywords
Book Illustration, Codex Aureus, Miracle Theme.
