lindisfarne gospels

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an illuminated (=with the pages decorated with gold paint and other bright colours) copy of the four Christian Gospels, produced at the end of the 7th century on the island of Lindisfarne and now kept in the British Museum. Illuminated manuscript version of the four Gospels, produced in the late 7th century for the Northumbrian island monastery of Lindisfarne. The book was designed and executed by Eadfrith, who became bishop of Lindisfarne in 698. Illuminated in the Hiberno-Saxon style, the Lindisfarne Gospels (now in the British Library) show the fusion of Irish, Classical, and Byzantine elements. See also Book of Kells

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