The Lindisfarne Gospels (Annotated): Complete Facsimile (Historical Bible Facsimiles) Hardcover – September 4, 2022

This Complete Annotated Facsimile includes:Comprehensive annotation of scripture verse and folio references on every pageAnnotated explanations of the most intricate and enigmatic illuminated pages.Discussion of original text, the later Old English translation, and what we know about the authorsHigh quality color reproduction of the original manuscriptAn introduction and discussion of this fascinating medieval treasureThe Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript in the Anglo-Celtic style of the four Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The work was created in the early 8th century by Eadfrith, bishop of the Northumbrian monastic community on Lindisfarne or Holy Island. The Latin Vulgate is the base text, to which a later reviser added a parallel translation in Old English. The Lindisfarne Gospels is widely regarded as the most beautiful and intricately illuminated manuscript to have survived from Anglo-Saxon England. Read more