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A colophon added to the Lindisfarne Gospels in the tenth century states that Eadfrith was the scribe and artist responsible for the work. The Lindisfarne Gospels were the product of a single scribe and illustrator, working full-time over a period of about two years.
The Lindisfarne Gospels are presumed to be the work of a monk named Eadfrith, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne in 698 and died in 721. [3] Current scholarship indicates a date around 715, and it is believed they were produced in honour of St. Cuthbert .
Aldred's colophon indicates that the Gospels were written by Eadfrith, a bishop of Lindisfarne in 698, the original binding was supplied by Ethelwald, Eadfrith's successor in 721, and the outside ornamentation was done by Billfrith, an anchorite of Lindisfarne. He also states that the Gospels were created for God and St Cuthbert. [6]
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. [3] Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne.
Symeon probably derived this information from a colophon added to the Lindisfarne Gospels by a scribe named "Aldred" at some point between 950 and 970. [4] The colophons describes how: Eadfrith, bishop of Lindisfarne church, originally wrote this book for God and for St Cuthbert and—jointly—for all saints whose relics are in the island.
Lindisfarne Gospels Produced in Lindisfarne by Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne, between about 690 and his death in 721 (perhaps towards the end of this period), this is a Gospel Book in the style of the Book of Durrow, but more elaborate and complex.
715 – Eadfrith creates the Lindisfarne Gospels. 731 – Bede writes the Ecclesiastical History of the English People at Jarrow. [1] 735 – Alcuin of York is born, later a major figure in the Carolingian Renaissance under Charlemagne. 793 – Vikings raid Lindisfarne. 794 – Vikings raid Jarrow.
Credit: Eadfrith of Lindisfarne The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated Latin manuscript of the gospels of Matthew , Mark , Luke and John . The manuscript was produced on Lindisfarne in Northumbria in the late 7th century or early 8th century.