15 Facts About Lindisfarne Gospels

Lindisfarne Gospels are presumed to be the work of a monk named Eadfrith, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne in 698 and died in 721.

The Lindisfarne Gospels are richly illustrated in the insular style and were originally encased in a fine leather treasure binding covered with jewels and metals made by Billfrith the Anchorite in the 8th century.

An Old English translation of the Lindisfarne Gospels was made in the 10th century: a word-for-word gloss of the Latin Vulgate text, inserted between the lines by Aldred, Provost of Chester-le-Street.

Lindisfarne Gospels, known as "Holy Island", is located off the coast of Northumberland in northern England.

Lindisfarne Gospels is a Christian manuscript, containing the four gospels recounting the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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The dispute was adjudged by King Oswiu of Northumbria in favour of the Roman church, but many of the leading monks at Lindisfarne Gospels then returned to Iona and Ireland, leaving only a residue of monks affiliated to the Roman church at Lindisfarne Gospels.

In Lindisfarne Gospels Cuthbert began to adopt a solitary lifestyle, eventually moving to Inner Farne Island, where he built a hermitage.

Lindisfarne Gospels manuscript was produced in a scriptorium in the monastery of Lindisfarne.

Lindisfarne Gospels are in remarkable condition and the text is complete and undamaged.

The Lindisfarne Gospels is described as Insular or Hiberno-Saxon art, a general term for manuscripts produced in the British Isles between 500 and 900 AD.

Design of the Lindisfarne Gospels has been related to the Tara Brooch, displaying animal interlace, curvilinear patterns, and borders of bird interlace, but unfortunately the origin of the brooch is unknown.

Lindisfarne Gospels is a manuscript that contains the Gospels of the four Evangelists Mark, John, Luke, and Matthew.

The Lindisfarne Gospels begins with a carpet page in the form of a cross and a major initial page, introducing the letter of St Jerome and Pope Damasus I There are sixteen pages of arcaded canon tables, where parallel passages of the four Evangelists are laid out.

From July to September 2013 the Lindisfarne Gospels were displayed for three months in Palace Green Library, Durham.

Alongside the Lindisfarne Gospels Exhibition was a festival of more than 500 events, exhibitions and performances across the North East and Cumbria.