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The Lindisfarne Gospels
Copies of the 4 Evangelists from the Lindisfarne Gospels on the Holy Door Icons at St. Aidan's Orthodox Church, Manchester The Lindisfarne Gospels, now housed in the British Library, are a masterpiece of English Orthodox liturgical art. They were made or rather completed in about 698 A.D. to commemorate the repose in 687 A.D. of St. Cuthbert, the monastery's most prominent saint after St. Aidan. These Gospels in one volume would originally have been in use on the altar table of the monastic church in :Lindisfarne before the Viking raids in 840 A.D. forced their eventual relocation to Durham where they remained until the Reformation. There is much to learn about this magnificent book and fortunately there is much on line to help in this regard. These are most useful links:- The Lindisfarne Gospels Tour (British Library) The Lindisfarne Gospels (North East Museums, Libraries and Archives Council) The Lindisfarne Gospels - A Seminar (Fathom) Please note that when visiting these sites that all image reproductions from the Gospels are strictly copyright to the British Library. |
