Carpet Page Lindisfarne Gospels

Lindisfarne island off the coast of northumberland in england.

Carpet page lindisfarne gospels.

Lindisfarne gospels john cross carpet page f 210v british library the book is a spectacular example of insular or hiberno saxon art works produced in the british isles between 500 900 c e a time of devastating invasions and political upheavals. There are sixteen pages of arcaded canon tables where parallel passages of the four evangelists are laid out. 793 ce vikings pillaged the monastery but the monks were able to keep the lindisfarne gospels safe. Each carpet page contains a different form of cross stressing the different church traditions and their ecumenical relationship.

Lindisfarne gospels john s cross carpet page folio 210v. In the lindisfarne gospels the carpet pages play a similar role preparing the reader for the the gospel message. The lindisfarne gospels begins with a carpet page in the form of a cross and a major initial page introducing the letter of st. Made in italy.

Produced in the british isles between 500 900 ce. British library a dense interplay of stacked birds teem underneath the crosses of the carpet page that opens john s gospel. The lindisfarne gospels is a manuscript that contains the gospels of the four evangelists mark john luke and matthew. Time of social upheaval and devastation invasions.

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