The Lindisfarne Gospels is formed of more than 250 vellum pages and measures just over 36cm in height, about the size of a modern A3 sheet. The book’s original “treasure binding”, encrusted ...

The book known as the Lindisfarne Gospels, the oldest surviving English bible, has left its native North East again after a brief, but successful visit home. Did you know with a Digital ...

Old English inscription added by the monk Aldred The Lindisfarne Gospels are masterpieces of early medieval European book painting. The book represents the golden age of design and craftsmanship ...

The text of the Lindisfarne Gospels The Lindisfarne Gospels’ scribe, Eadfrith, would have copied his text from an existing book. This was probably one of the many books brought back from Rome by ...

The Palace Green Library exhibition includes the largest display of Northumbrian Gospel books ever assembled. The contemplative world of the Lindisfarne monks was brought to an abrupt end in 793AD ...

Excitement is building as one of the most revered books in UK history is set to return to the North East on September 17. Here's everything you need to know about the Lindisfarne Gospels return to ...

The brothers then "clothed the body in fresh garments, they laid it in a new coffin which they placed on the floor of the sanctuary" (translation from the book "The Lindisfarne Gospels ...

The Lindisfarne Gospels have gone on display in Durham at the start of a three month exhibition. The book was created by monks on Holy island more than a thousand years ago, and it is still in ...

The Lindisfarne Gospels are “a masterpiece of early medieval European book painting”, said Laura Freeman in The Times. Created in the early 700s by Eadfrith, bishop of Lindisfarne island in ...

The text of the Lindisfarne Gospels The Lindisfarne Gospels’ scribe, Eadfrith, would have copied his text from an existing book. This was probably one of the many books brought back from Rome by ...