Carpet Cross Page Lindisfarne Gospels

Produced in the british isles between 500 900 ce.

Carpet cross page lindisfarne gospels. Jerome and pope damasus i. The lindisfarne gospels is a manuscript that contains the gospels of the four evangelists mark john luke and matthew. The bayeux tapestry seven ages of britain bbc one. In the lindisfarne gospels the carpet pages play a similar role preparing the reader for the the gospel message.

Matthew folio 26 verso of the lindisfarne gospels from northumbria england c. This is the currently selected item. Cross carpet page the lindisfarne gospels. Carpet page posted on december 14 2015 by mrsbowman1 cross and carpet page for st.

793 ce vikings pillaged the monastery but the monks were able to keep the lindisfarne gospels safe. Bible moralisée moralized bibles saint louis bible moralized bible the golden haggadah. The lindisfarne gospels were written before 720. It is a design which involves the entire page in zoomorphic forms intermingling with clusters and knots producing rhythm and energy yet held in check by the regularity of the design and dominating cross motif.

Lindisfarne island off the coast of northumberland in england. The lindisfarne gospels begins with a carpet page in the form of a cross and a major initial page introducing the letter of st. The lindisfarne gospels are in the opinion of many including me the greatest treasure we have. This manuscript had of course to be featured in my book the art and history of calligraphy published by the british library in may 2017.

There are sixteen pages of arcaded canon tables where parallel passages of the four evangelists are laid out. Time of social upheaval and devastation invasions. Each carpet page contains a different form of cross stressing the different church traditions and their ecumenical relationship. The copying and decoration of the lindisfarne gospels represent a remarkable artistic achievement.

Four of the carpet pages appear alongside incipit pages that mark the beginning of each gospel. A carpet page from the lindisfarne gospels carpet pages are a characteristic feature of insular illuminated manuscripts. What does it show. They are pages of mainly geometrical ornamentation which may include repeated animal forms typically placed at the beginning of each of the four gospels in gospel books.

Briefly describe a cross inscribed carpet page from the lindisfarne gospels. The book includes five highly elaborate full page carpet pages so called because of their resemblance to carpets from the eastern mediterranean.