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Lindisfarne and Gospels
Together these four " foundation collections " included many of the most treasured books now in the British Library including the Lindisfarne Gospels and the sole surviving copy of Beowulf.
At some point in the early 700s the famous illuminated manuscript known as the Lindisfarne Gospels, an illustrated Latin copy of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, was made probably at Lindisfarne and the artist was possibly Eadfrith, who later became Bishop of Lindisfarne.
The Lindisfarne Gospels now reside in the British Library in London, somewhat to the annoyance of some Northumbrians.
The Lindisfarne Gospels have also featured on television among the top few Treasures of Britain.
* Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne ( 698 – 721 ) and presumed author of the Lindisfarne Gospels
Page from the Lindisfarne Gospels, c 700.
Northumbria played an important role in the formation of Insular art, a unique style combining Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Pictish, Byzantine and other elements, producing works such as the Lindisfarne Gospels, St Cuthbert Gospel, the Ruthwell Cross and Bewcastle Cross, and later the Book of Kells, which was probably created at Iona.
After the Synod of Whitby in 664 Roman church practices officially replaced the Celtic ones but the influence of the Celtic style continued, the most famous examples of this being the Lindisfarne Gospels.
* Brown ( 2003 ), Brown, Michelle P., The Lindisfarne Gospels: Society, Spirituality and the Scribe, 2003, British Library, ISBN 978-0-7123-4807-2
The area has a strong religious past, as can be seen in works such as the Lindisfarne Gospels.
The Lindisfarne Gospels ( 715-720 AD ) are an early example ( Brown 2004 ).
Carpet page from Lindisfarne Gospels, showing knotwork detail.
These knots are most known for their adaptation for use in the ornamentation of Christian monuments and manuscripts, such as the 8th-century St. Teilo Gospels, the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels.
Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels contains the incipit from the Gospel of Matthew.
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.

Lindisfarne and London
Hudson was a great admirer of Lutyens ' style and commissioned Lutyens for a number of projects, including Lindisfarne Castle and the Country Life headquarters building in London, at 8 Tavistock Street.
Instead, he earned a degree in music through studies at the Welsh Lindisfarne College and then Trinity College of Music in London.

Lindisfarne and British
* The monastery and monks of Lindisfarne are an important part of British author / broadcastor Melvyn Bragg's epic, historically based novel " Credo " published in 1996.
One British folk / rock band ( 1969 – 2003 ), Lindisfarne, was even named after the island, while a Celtic Christian progressive rock band named after another island, Iona, has a song devoted to Lindisfarne on its album Journey into the Morn ( 1995 ).
The Lindisfarne Gospels is called Insular or Hiberno-Saxon art, a general term that refers to manuscripts produced in the British Isles between 500-900 AD ( Backhouse 2004 ).
* Turning the Pages Leaf through the Lindisfarne Gospels online using the British Library's Turning the Pages software ( requires Shockwave plugin )
* The Lindisfarne Gospels, a free online seminar from the British Library.
* Lindisfarne Gospels: information, zoomable image British Library website
Rimbaud ( so named as a tribute to poet Arthur Rimbaud, the ' Penny ' being a pun on the phrase " arfer ( half a ) penny ", referring to the long discontinued British Ha ' penny coin ) was expelled from two public schools, Brentwood School and Lindisfarne College, and went on to study philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford, before quickly realising that, in his own words, ' Oxford wasn't about learning, but about a peculiarly unpleasant form of class indoctrination '.
The text is a very good and careful copy of the single Gospel of John from what has been called the " Italo-Northumbrian " family of texts, other well-known examples of which are several manuscripts from Wearmouth-Jarrow, including the Codex Amiatinus, and in the British Library the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Gospel Book MS Royal 1.
It may also have held the Lindisfarne Gospels, now also in the British Library, and other books from Lindisfarne that were, and in several cases still are, at Durham Cathedral.
Milner followed the medieval note in relating the book to Cuthbert, and compared its script to that of the Lindisfarne Gospels, by then in the British Museum, examining the two side by side.
* 2003, British Library, Painted Labyrinth: The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels *
* Brown ( 2003 ), Brown, Michelle P., The Lindisfarne Gospels: Society, Spirituality and the Scribe, 2003, British Library, ISBN 978-0-7123-4807-2
Lady Eleanor, a song first released in 1970 by the British folk-rock band Lindisfarne is based on this story.
Especially in Northumbria, the Insular art style shared across the British Isles produced much of the finest work being produced in Europe until the Viking raids and invasions largely suppressed the movement ; the Book of Lindisfarne is one example certainly produced in Northumbria.
* Lindisfarne ( band ), a popular British folk / rock band ( 1969-2004 ).
Lindisfarne were a British folk / rock group from Newcastle upon Tyne established in 1970 ( originally called Brethren ) and fronted by singer / songwriter Alan Hull.

Lindisfarne and Library
The Gospels of Saint Chad ( Lichfield Cathedral, Chapter Library ) employ a very similar style to the Lindisfarne Gospels, and it is even speculated that the artist was attempting to emulate Eadfrith ’ s work ( Backhouse 1981, 66 ).
The Durham Gospels ( Durham Cathedral Library ) are suspected as being created slightly earlier than the Lindisfarne Gospels, and while they have the bird interlace, the birds lack the naturalness and realness of Eadfrith ’ s birds in the Lindisfarne Gospels ( Backhouse 1981, 67 ).
This addition is not found in the Lindisfarne Gospels, however it is found in an early 10th century manuscript, also in the British Library ( Royal, 1 A. XVIII ).
* British Library feature on The Lindisfarne Gospels
The manuscript, before the fire, was a major insular Gospel Book with close ties to the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Book of Kells and the Durham Cathedral Library, MS A. II.

Lindisfarne and Cotton
* Cotton Nero D. iv Lindisfarne Gospels
The Lindisfarne Gospels is but one of the treasures collected by Sir Robert Cotton.

Lindisfarne and MS
Æthelstan presenting a book to Cuthbert of Lindisfarne | St Cuthbert ( 934 ), chief saint of the English far north ; the earliest surviving royal Anglo-Saxon portrait ( Corpus Christi MS 183, fol.
The Book of Kells ( Trinity College, Dublin, MS A. I. 6 ( 58 )) employs decorative patterns that are similar to other insular art pieces of the period, but is thought to be produced much later than the Lindisfarne Gospels ( Backhouse 1981, 41 ).

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