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Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels contains the incipit from the Gospel of Matthew.. The Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV) is an illuminated manuscript gospel book probably produced around the years 715–720 in the monastery at Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, which is now in the British Library in London. [1]
The Lindisfarne Gospels were the product of a single scribe and illustrator, working full-time over a period of about two years. For this reason, many historians who accept that the work was authored by Eadfrith in person date it to the period before he became bishop.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Folio 27r at Lindisfarne Gospels, by Eadfrith of Lindisfarne ... The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated Latin manuscript of ...
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] Apart from ...
Download as PDF; Printable version Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels contains the incipit from the Gospel of Matthew. ... Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels ...
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.
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, 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.