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The Lindisfarne Gospels: A Masterpiece of Anglo-Saxon Book Painting

The Lindisfarne Gospels manuscript is one of Britain’s greatest treasures, the outstanding surviving example of Anglo-Saxon book painting of the late seventh century. Written and illuminated about AD 698, it is famous for the superb quality and intricate design of its pages. This program tells the story of the creation of the Lindisfarne Gospels, combining location footage with images from other manuscripts of the period, and reveals the major pages of the Gospels in fascinating close-up. The complex process of making and decorating an illuminated manuscript is also explained, with detailed evidence drawn from the Gospels manuscript itself. (35 minutes)

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Item#: BVL5978
Copyright date: ©1995
VHS ISBN 978-1-4213-4103-3
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-4104-0


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