Manuscript Illustration [558 X 640]

Artist: Unknown
Title: The ceremonial Gospel book of Holy Roman emperor Otto III.
Evangeliar Kaiser Ottos III [~ 1000 AD]
artists: monks from the scriptorium on the monastic island Reichenau in the lake Constance
München / Munich BSB Clm 4453 fol-113r; page 49
Classified as world documentary Heritage by UNESCO

The Transfiguration of Jesus on mount Tabor
Jesus and three of his apostles, Peter, James, John, go to a mountain (Tabor or the Mount of Transfiguration) to pray. On the mountain, Jesus begins to shine with bright rays of light. Then the prophets Moses and Elijah appear next to him and he speaks with them.