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Lindisfarne Gospels
Illuminated manuscriptsBook cultureThe Bible
St. Gregory with the Scribes Late 9th centuryIvory H 20.5 cm, W 12.5 cm
Lindisfarne• Anglo-Saxon Illuminated
Manuscript of the Gospels • Kept at Durham Cathedral• ~ 700AD by monks on
Lindisfarne Island
The Book• Vellum parchmant• It contains the four
gospels from the New Testament
‘Carpet’ Pages
British Library Sitehttp://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/lindisfarne/accessible/introduction.html
Features, Contexts of Lindisfarne Gospels
• Enormous investment – elevation of the book• Cassiodorus, “every line you write is a blow
against satan”• Synthesis of cultural elements• Devotional, pilgrimage contexts• 10th century – a front piece was added -
dedicated to St. Cuthbert & God (saint + scripture)
Book CultureIlluminated Manuscripts
Book of Hours for Roman Use (Collins Hours), Nativity, 1430-40, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Visual, aestheticDevotionalScripture + traditionExegesis; interpretation