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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]
These initials are surrounded by small red dots, which is a common motif in many Insular manuscripts, including the Lindisfarne Gospels. The prologues and the Gospel of John begin with enlarged black initials which are also surrounded by red dots. The Canon Tables are under columns and arches of black lines decorated in colored designs.
Canon tables from the Garima Gospels, Ethiopic gospel manuscripts of the sixth century; showing original Late Antique arcaded forms subsequently perpetuated in Byzantine and Romanesque manuscripts Canon table from the Book of Kells; the tables in the book were effectively unusable, as they were over-condensed and the corresponding sections were not marked in the main text.
The best examples include the Book of Kells, Lindisfarne Gospels, Book of Durrow, brooches such as the Tara Brooch and the Ruthwell Cross. Carpet pages are a characteristic feature of Insular manuscripts, although historiated initials (an Insular invention), canon tables and figurative miniatures, especially Evangelist portraits, are also common.
The Breton Gospels Book contains St. Jerome's letter to Pope Damasus, The Prologue of St Jerome's commentary on St Matthew, and the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. [2] It also includes prefatory material and canon tables, an index for a medieval manuscript. [1] It consists of 102 folios, plus two unfoliated paper flyleaves. [1]
The Lindisfarne Gospels are one example of the valuable and prestigious works collected by Sir Robert Cotton. They are now in the British Library.. The Cotton or Cottonian library is a collection of manuscripts that came into the hands of the antiquarian and bibliophile Sir Robert Bruce Cotton MP (1571–1631).
Bremen, Staatsbibliothek, MS b. 21 (Gospels of Henry III) Jerusalem, St James Treasury, J2556 (Kars Gospels ) The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 135 F 10 (Gospels) London, British Library, Add MS 28106 and 28107 (Gospel Book) London, British Library, Add MS 37001 (Greek Gospel Book) London, British Library, Harley MS 2820 (Cologne Gospels)
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]