The Lindisfarne Gospels
An accessible book on this masterpiece of book painting.
Janet Backhouse
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Price: USD$14.95
- The first book to make the Lindisfarne Gospels - one of the world's masterpieces of book painting - available to a wider public
- This precious relic of early Christianity in England was produced at the end of the 7th century in honour of Saint Cuthbert, and is one of Britain's greatest treasures
- Important illuminated pages are reproduced in colour from a new and accurate set of photographs
- Discusses the process by which the manuscript was made, and relates it to earlier and contemporary works of art
- Paperback
- English
- 280 x 215 mm, 11 x 8 1/2 in
- 96 pp
- 31 colour illustrations, 36 black and white illustrations
- ISBN-13: 9780714824611
- ISBN-10: 0714824615
The Lindisfarne Gospels, a manuscript produced in the Northumbrian island monastery of Lindisfarne at the end of the seventh century in honour of Saint Cuthbert, is one of the world's foremost masterpieces of book painting. It is a precious relic of early Christianity in England, and one of the nation's greatest treasures.
This is the first ever book to make the glories of the Lindisfarne Gospels accessible to a wide public. All the essential illuminated pages are reproduced impeccably in colour from an entirely new and accurate set of photographs.
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