Eadfrith became Bishop of Lindisfarne in around 698 and died in 721. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic church, yet the gospels are his greatest legacy. Matthew Evangelist portrait ...

VISITORS flocked to see “a masterpiece of Northumbrian pictorial art” after the pages of the Lindisfarne Gospels ... The portrait is the left hand page. While Matthew, Mark and Luke are ...

Close examination has shown that this awe-inspiring work of the Lindisfarne Gospels’ script and illustrations was undertaken by one artist-scribe, whom the 10th century monk Aldred identified as ...

The evangelist who composed the gospel of Matthew was probably a Jewish Christian, possibly a scribe. The historical evidence suggests that he wrote between 80 and 90 CE and addressed his work to ...

When they were written, the Lindisfarne Gospels were a statement of a new Englishness. With their lavishly illuminated manuscript of Latin and Anglo-Saxon letters, they celebrated England's Celtic ...

The book was produced in the 8th century and is the oldest readable English translation of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, said: "The Lindisfarne Gospels has long ...

THE Lindisfarne Gospels, the most spectacular surviving manuscript from Anglo-Saxon England, will go on display in the North-East on loan from the British Library in 2022, it has been revealed.

A row has erupted over the future of the Lindisfarne Gospels, one of Britain's most valuable religious treasures. Amid claims of "cultural snobbery" and political opportunism, Andy Burnham ...

An exhibition of the Lindisfarne Gospels has opened to the public in Durham. We asked schoolchildren - who had been some of the first to see the ancient manuscript on display - what they thought ...

An exhibition offering the opportunity to see the Lindisfarne Gospels in Durham has attracted nearly 100,000 visitors during its three-month stay. The Durham University exhibition gave people a ...

Close examination has shown that this awe-inspiring work of the Lindisfarne Gospels’ script and illustrations was undertaken by one artist-scribe, whom the 10th century monk Aldred identified as ...