St John the Evangelist: from the Lindisfarne Gospels, c720. By Eadfrith of Lindisfarne (d721). The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript gospel book produced in the monastery at Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, England. The manuscript is one of the finest works in the unique style of Hiberno-Saxon or Insular art and combines Mediterranean, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic elements. London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV.

St John the Evangelist: from the Lindisfarne Gospels, c720. By Eadfrith of Lindisfarne (d721). The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript gospel book produced in the monastery at Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland, England. The manuscript is one of the finest works in the unique style of Hiberno-Saxon or Insular art and combines Mediterranean, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic elements. London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV. Stock Photo
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