![]() ![]() And Billfrith the anchorite forged the ornaments which are on it on the outside and adorned it with gold and with gems and also with gilded-over silver - pure metal. And Ethiluald, bishop of the Lindisfarne islanders, impressed it in the outside and covered it – as he well knew how to do. 102–04): “Eadrith, bishop of the Lindisfarne church, originally wrote this book, for God and for St Cuthbert and – jointly – for all the saints whose relics are in the island. This states (Brown, The Lindisfarne Gospels, pp. 970), who was responsible for adding the colophon on f. ![]() The Old English gloss was added by Aldred, provost of Chester-le-Street (fl. There has been considerable debate whether Eadfrith made the Lindisfarne Gospels before or after he became bishop: for recent interpretations, see Gameson, From Holy Island to Durham, and Brown, The Lindisfarne Gospels, pp. ![]() 259r, this manuscript was written by Eadfrith, bishop of Lindisfarne from 698 until his death in or around 721. Title Gospel-book (‘Lindisfarne Gospels’)Ĭontent (1) prefaces (ff. To sign up for my printed catalogues please follow this link Ĭotton MS Nero D IV (still the same 300 years later. Maybe no other book I have in my current stock is more like the Internet than this one? I can spend hours upon hours reading (looking) through this book, An example is this entry: ![]()
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