The Lindisfarne Gospels - folio 2vBack to my favourite book. The carpet page introduction incipit o
The Lindisfarne Gospels - folio 2vBack to my favourite book. The carpet page introduction incipit of Saint Jerome.Incredibly, this great Gospel Book is the work of a single scribe, the Anglo Saxon Bishop, Eadfrith of Lindisfarne, in Northumbria, from sometime in the late 690’s to early 710s ADTo view in full size: Click on the above image above, it should open in a new tab/page, then right click on that image and from the pop up menu select “View Image” or “open image in new tab” and it should be available in it’s original size - you may need to click again if you have automatic image resizing enabled in your browser.Cotton MS Nero D IV; Images from the British Library Manuscript website.http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_nero_d_iv -- source link
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