recorded that the Lindisfarne Gospels were bound by Ethelwald and the cover decorated with an impressed design. The jewelled binding for the Gospels A jewelled casing was added to the book by ...

Lindisfarne, for all its beauty, is a crime scene. In 793 AD, Vikings descended on the island, killed the monks and carried off treasures including the jewel-encrusted cover of the Gospels.

once known as the Stonyhurst Gospel, is, curiously, on display open; so it is impossible to admire the seventh-century pigskin-cover ornamentation. The Lindisfarne Gospels and Stonyhurst Gospel are ...

It will take Eadfrith ten years to finish the Lindisfarne Gospels, on view at Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle until December 2 2022, but his masterpiece will be valued for generations. Later owners ...

St Cuthbert’s most tangible miracle was not a hallowed tale, however, but an object. He was the inspiration behind the Lindisfarne Gospels, created in the early 8th century in a monastery on the tidal ...

Dr Keith Bartlett, Lindisfarne Gospels programme director ... textures and fabrics to design simple books and their covers. Winged Creatures is the theme of the third and final workshop on ...

A HERITAGE group has launched an ambitious campaign to bring a copy of the Lindisfarne Gospels back to Chester ... because it lacks the jewel encrusted cover. However, for his bid to be successful ...

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 ...

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 ...

Here's everything you need to know about the Lindisfarne Gospels return to the region, including when and where the great book will be on display, how much tickets cost, and what events are ...

More than 55,000 visits were made to see the Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition during its return to the North East, where it was created 1,300 years ago. The 11-week show at the Laing Art Gallery ...

recorded that the Lindisfarne Gospels were bound by Ethelwald and the cover decorated with an impressed design. The jewelled binding for the Gospels A jewelled casing was added to the book by ...