Lindisfarne Gospels: Society, Spirituality and the Scribe (Paperback)
The Lindisfarne Gospels is one of the great landmarks of human cultural achievement. It is an eighth-century Latin Gospelbook, with a tenth-century gloss, which is the earliest surviving translation of the Gospels into English. The maker was one of the greatest artists of the period, receptive to new influences and prepared to experiment with new innovative techniques. This ground-breaking study, taking advantage of the latest technical and photographical analysis, sets the Gospels in its socio-historical context, reflecting the multi-ethnic British Isles of the time. It also explores the maker's spiritual motivation and the needs of the society in which he worked.
Review
?This new British Library publication is a fascinating and complete study of every aspect of one of the most magnificent of British Treasures ? the Lindisfarne Gospels. The scholarship that has gone into this re-analysis of the Lindisfarne Gospels in the twenty-first century is as masterful as the Lindisfarne gospels itself. It will enlighten all those interested in Anglo Saxon England and the production methods of the artist-scribe of those times with its amazing detail. It is definitely recommended reading for serious students of illuminated manuscripts.?
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