The Lindisfarne Gospels: A Masterpiece of Book PaintingThe Lindisfarne Gospels, a manuscript produced in the Northumbrian island monastery of Lindisfarne at the end of the seventh century, in honour of Saint Cuthbert, is one of the world's masterpieces of book painting. It is a precious relic of early Christianity in England, and one of the nation's greatest treasures. This is the first book to make the chief glories of the Lindisfarne Gospels accessible to a wide public. All the important illuminated pages are reproduced in colour from a new and accurate set of photographs. |
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8th century Aldred Aldred's colophon Aldred's gloss aloco animals apparently Arcaded canon tables Bamburgh Beblowe Crag Bede binding birds Bishop Eadbert Bishop of Lindisfarne British Library carpet page Cathedral colophon colour community of Lindisfarne craftsmen Cuthbert's elevation decorated capitals deliberate mistake disfarne Gospels dots of red Durham Gospels Eadbert Eadfrith wrote Echternach Gospels England English Ethelwald feature four gospels goarpell gode goder gold gospel manuscripts HALL HEUS Holy Island honour Inner Farne insular introduce St Jerome's Iona Irish John carpet king late antique Latin Lindis Lindisfarne community Lindisfarne Gospels Lindisfarne in 698 Lindisfarne scriptorium Luke initial majuscule manuscript contains Mark Melrose miles miniature miraculously monastery monastic community monks Northumbria ornament Otho-Corpus Gospels Overleaf poft Pope Damasus range of pigments relics in 698 relics of St saint script scriptorium St Aidan St Cuthbert St John St Matthew suggest tiny tive Today the Lindisfarne tomb Wearmouth and Jarrow