Lindisfarne Gospels

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The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript of the four Christian Gospels, renowned as a masterpiece of early medieval Insular art produced in Northumbria around the early 8th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gospel book
Insular art masterpiece
illuminated manuscript
approximateDateOfCreation c. 700–715
artHistoricalSignificance key example of Hiberno-Saxon art
artStyle Celtic art
surface form: Insular art
associatedWith Lindisfarne Priory
Saint Cuthbert
surface form: cult of St Cuthbert

Lindisfarne Priory
surface form: monastery of Lindisfarne
binding later medieval binding (original lost)
centuryOfCreation 8th century
collection British Library
commissionedFor Lindisfarne
surface form: Lindisfarne community
contains Gospel of John
Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Northumbria
creator Eadfrith of Lindisfarne
creatorRole artist
scribe
culturalHeritageStatus treasure of the British Library
currentLocation British Library
dedicatedTo Saint Cuthbert
surface form: St Cuthbert
dimensions large-format codex
genre Christian religious text
glossAuthor Aldred the Scribe
glossDate 10th century
hasTranslation Old English gloss
influenced later Insular manuscripts
language Latin
Old English
liturgicalUse monastic liturgy
material vellum
notableFeature elaborate carpet pages
full-page evangelist portraits
intricate initial pages
zoomorphic interlace decoration
placeOfOrigin Holy Island
Lindisfarne
regionOfArt British Isles
religion Christianity
script Irish minuscule
surface form: Insular half-uncial
scriptorium Lindisfarne
shelfmark Cotton MS Nero D IV
subject life and teachings of Jesus Christ
typeOfWork manuscript codex
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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British Library hasCollection Lindisfarne Gospels
Northumbrian hasNotableText Lindisfarne Gospels
this entity surface form: Northumbrian glosses to the Lindisfarne Gospels
Lindisfarne hasWork Lindisfarne Gospels
Lindisfarne knownFor Lindisfarne Gospels
Northumbria knownFor Lindisfarne Gospels