London BL Cotton MS Nero D IV: Lindisfarne Gospels, f.2v: Jerome's letter to Pope Damasus, cross-carpet page

Creator:

Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne, d. 721

Published/Created:

Northumbrian island monastery of Lindisfarne
ca. 715-720

Physical Description:

371 × 250 mm

Materials:

pigment on vellum

Notes:

Manuscript of the four Gospels, in Latin, written and illuminated on vellum in the Northumbrian island monastery of Lindisfarne at the end of the 7th century AD (London, BL, Cotton MS. Nero D. IV). It is the most complete and best documented of all the In

Topics:

Manuscripts -- Britain -- 8th century -- (YVRC)
Manuscripts -- Celtic -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Early Medieval

Culture:

Anglo-Saxon

Accession Number:

1865-026r

Genre:

illuminated manuscripts (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts
Paintings & Drawings

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Brown, Michelle (Michelle P.) Painted labyrinth : the world of the Lindisfarne Gospels, Rev. ed., London : British Library, 2004.

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

London, England: British Library

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 45868

OID:

344268

PID:

digcoll:2085033