37.5 x 28.5 cm. 200 pages. With 71 miniatures, some full-page, on a gold background, magnificent multi-line large ornamental initials, and approximately 300 smaller colored decorative initials. Leather binding with an inlaid replica of the silver plate of the Preetz Gospels with five silver-gilt medallions bearing the symbols of the four evangelists and a depiction of Christ enthroned in the center. - Facsimile in 980 numbered copies. The entire text was written in gold ink. It is dated around 1250, probably for or on behalf of the Archbishop of Mainz. A mint copy.