Lindisfarne Gospels
Michelle Brown talks about the Lindisfarne Gospels in the context of other related treasures, places and archaeological sites. Interviewed by Ellie Russell.
The Lindisfarne Gospels Prt1
The Lindisfarne Gospels 4th Aug 2013 BT Prt1, songs sung:
We Have A Gospel To Proclaim.
O Trinity Of Blessed Light.
O Splendour Of Gods Glory Bright.
Lindisfarne Gospels and Cathedral Transvision
Lindisfarne Gospels and Beyond : Learning Across the Region
Lindisfarne Gospels and Beyond: Learning Across the Region
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Lindisfarne Gospels
The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated Latin manuscript of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in the British Library. The manuscript was produced on Lindisfarne in Northumbria in the late 7th century or early 8th century, and is generally regarded as the finest example of the kingdom's unique style of religious art, a style that combined Anglo-Saxon and Celtic themes, what is now called Hiberno-Saxon art, or Insular art.[1] The manuscript is complete (though lacking its original cover), and is astonishingly well-preserved considering its great age.
Launch of the Lindisfarne Gospels
Eadfrith: Scribe of Lindisfarne
By Michelle Treeve (Bagwyn Books, 2014)
This is the tale of the making of a masterwork, a landmark in the human journey — the Lindisfarne Gospels, one of the world’s most beautiful and intriguing illuminated manuscripts. In an age of battle-hardened Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, and British warriors, all vying for power after the Roman Empire’s collapse, a hero unsung by bards took up his pen and entered the desert of the book to change the world. This is an imagining of his life, his loves, his work, and his world, by an author who, in her academic alias, is well-versed in researching and sharing her passion for the transformative, scintillating ‘not so Dark Ages’.
Leading academic expert on the subject, Professor Michelle P. Brown, writes: A well-researched account of what we can retrieve, through scholarship, of the making of one of the world's great cultural landmarks and its age - and a sensitive evocation of what we cannot know. I could not have written a better work of what I would call 'faction', that is, factually based fiction.
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In Focus: Saint Cuthbert & The Lindisfarne Gospels
Welcome to In Focus. In this series we take a closer look at particular sites, finds and objects from the world of Archaeology.
Today we examine the Lindisfarne Gospels...
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The story of Saint Hild, princess and nun, one of the early saints of Northumbria.
[Wikipedia] Lindisfarne Gospels
The Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV) is an illuminated manuscript gospel book produced around the year 700 in a monastery off the coast of Northumberland at Lindisfarne and which is now on display in the British Library in London. The manuscript is one of the finest works in the unique style of Hiberno-Saxon or Insular art, combining Mediterranean, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic elements. The Lindisfarne Gospels is a religious and creative book.
The Lindisfarne Gospels are presumed to be the work of a monk named Eadfrith, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne in 698 and died in 721. Current scholarship indicates a date around 715, and it is believed they were produced in honour of St. Cuthbert. However, it is also possible that Eadfrith produced them prior to 698, in order to commemorate the elevation of Cuthbert's relics in that year, which is also thought to have been the occasion for which the St Cuthbert Gospel (also British Library) was produced. The Gospels are richly illustrated in the insular style and were originally encased in a fine leather treasure binding covered with jewels and metals made by Billfrith the Anchorite in the 8th century. During the Viking raids on Lindisfarne this jewelled cover was lost and a replacement was made in 1852. The text is written in insular script, and is the best documented and most complete insular manuscript of the period.
In the 10th century an Old English translation of the Gospels was made: a word-for-word gloss of the Latin Vulgate text, inserted between the lines by Aldred, Provost of Chester-le-Street. This is the oldest extant translation of the Gospels into the English language. The Gospels may have been taken from Durham Cathedral during the Dissolution of the Monasteries ordered by Henry VIII and were acquired in the early 17th century by Sir Robert Cotton from Robert Bowyer, Clerk of the Parliaments. Cotton's library came to the British Museum in the 18th century and went to the British Library in London when this was separated from the British Museum.
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LINDISFARNE - CASTLE of DREAMS, Holy Island, Northumbria, England
One of the most photographed castles in England. Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901.
To understand the castle you have to understand the history of Holy Island itself. This tidal island is joined to the mainland by a long causeway, accessible only at low tide. Sometime in the 7th century St Cuthbert established a monastery here, which over time became a great centre of learning. A series of Viking raids led the monks of Lindisfarne to flee, taking the shrine of St Cuthbert with them. The saint would eventually end up at Durham Cathedral.
Lindisfarne Castle has provided a shooting location for a number of films. Roman Polanski's 1966 Cul-de-sac, starring Donald Pleasence, Lionel Stander and Françoise Dorléac, was shot entirely in and around the castle. It serves as the residence for Pleasence and Dorléac's characters. Polanski later returned to the castle to shoot scenes for his The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971), in which it stands in for Glamis Castle.
The castle's use in Macbeth inspired the producers of the TV series Cold Feet (1998–2003) to use it as an exterior filming location in one episode, though interior scenes were shot at Hoghton Tower in Lancashire. It was also used as a stand-in for Mont San Pierre in the 1982 film The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Anthony Andrews. In the British television show Wolfblood, filming was done there for an episode. Some external shots of the castle are used in the fourth season of the period television drama Reign.
The castle is located in what was once the very volatile border area between England and Scotland. Not only did the English and Scots fight, but the area was frequently attacked by Vikings. The castle was built in 1550, around the time that Lindisfarne Priory went out of use. The castle sits on the highest point of the island, a whinstone hill called Beblowe.
In the eighteenth century, the castle was occupied briefly by Jacobite rebels, but was quickly recaptured by soldiers from Berwick who imprisoned the rebels; they dug their way out and hid for nine days close to nearby Bamburgh Castle before making good their escape.
In 1901, it became the property of Edward Hudson, a publishing magnate and the owner of Country Life magazine. He had it refurbished in the Arts and Crafts style by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
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Album: In St Cuthbert's Time [ALBUM]
Track: 1 of 4
Title: Winter
Artist: Chris Watson
Label: Touch
Cat#: TO89
Formats: CD/Digital
Digital Release: 1st July 2013
Physical Release: 1st July 2013
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The Sound of Lindisfarne and the Gospels To celebrate the exhibition of the Lindisfarne Gospels at Durham Cathedral in July 2013, award-winning wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson has researched the sonic environment of the Holy Island as it might have been experienced by St. Cuthbert in 700 A.D.
Durham Cathedral and the Shrine of St Cuthbert
The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, United Kingdom. It is the seat of the Bishop of Durham, the fourth-ranked bishop in the Church of England hierarchy. The present cathedral was begun in 1093, replacing the Saxon 'White Church', and is regarded as one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Europe. In 1986 the cathedral and Durham Castle were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Durham Cathedral holds the relics of Saint Cuthbert, transported to Durham by Lindisfarne monks in the ninth century, the head of Saint Oswald of Northumbria, and the remains of the Venerable Bede. In addition, its library contains one of the most complete sets of early printed books in England, the pre-Dissolution monastic accounts, and three copies of the Magna Carta.
From 1080 until 1836 the Bishop of Durham enjoyed the powers of an Earl palatine, being given military and civil as well as religious leadership in order to protect the Scottish Border. The cathedral walls formed part of Durham Castle, one of the residences of the Bishop of Durham.
There are daily Church of England services at the cathedral, with the Durham Cathedral Choir singing daily except Mondays and when the choir is on holiday. The cathedral is a major tourist attraction within the region, attracting 755,000 visitors in 2015.
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