Security document and method for the authentication thereof

A method for authenticating a security document with the following steps:

• reading a first item of visually recognizable and machine-readable information from a first security element;
• reading a second item of machine-readable information from a second security element;
• verifying the first item of information by reference to the second item of information wherein at least one of the reading steps comprises:
• capturing an image sequence or a video of the security document by recording the security document from different angles;
• and
• verifying a presence of an optically variable element or an optically variable security feature by verifying a desired optical change of the optically variable element or of the optically variable security feature in the captured image sequence or video.