Obraz władcy liturgiczną modlitwą za króla? Nowa perspektywa dla interpretowania miniatury koronacji Henryka II z Sakramentarza Ratyzbońskiego : München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4456, fol. 11r

The aim of the paper is to examine the sources of infl uence of the iconographic program of the miniature showing the coronation from the Regensburg Sacramentary (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4456, fol. 11r)? The hitherto formulated interpretations appertaining TO the image of Henry II may be enriched by a new hypothesis, which postulates the impact of the post communion prayer (post communionem) from a form of a votive Mass for the King (Missa pro rege) on the formation of the Regensburg performance. A liturgical oration, which asks God to grant the ruler with the heavenly weapons, is written on further pages of the Sacramentary (fol. 327r-v). Thus, not only verbal inscriptions written in the illumination, but also pictorial means of expression can be read as a prayer for the king.