'A place more venerable than all in Britain' : the archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Lindisfarne -- The Irish tradition in Northumbria after the Synod of Whitby -- Northumbrian books in the seventh and eighth centuries -- Reading the Lindisfarne gospels : text, image, context -- The Eusebian apparatus in the Lindisfarne gospels : Aileran's Kanon euangeliorum as a a lens for its appreciation -- Painting by numbers : the art of the canon tables -- The Lindisfarne gospels and the performative voice of gospel manuscripts -- The Lindisfarne gospels : the art of symmetry and the symmetry of art -- The book of Durrow and the Lindisfarne gospels -- The texts of the Lindisfarne gospels -- Aldred's red floss -- The Lindisfarne gospels : Aldred's gross.
Summary:
Masterpiece of medieval manuscript production and decoration, its Latin text glossed throughout in Old English, the Lindisfarne Gospels is a vital witness to the book culture, art, and Christianity of the Anglo-Saxons and their interactions with Ireland, Italy, and the wider world. The expert studies in this collection examine in turn the archaeology of Holy Island, relations between Ireland and Northumbrian, early Northumbrian book culture, the relationship of the Lindisfarne Gospels to the Church universal, the canon table apparatus of the manuscript, the decoration of its Canon Tables, its systems of liturgical readings, the mathematical principles underlying the design of its carpet pages, points of comparison and contrast with the Book of Durrow, the Latin and Old English texts, the nature of the glossator's ink, and the meaning of enigmatic words and phrases within the vernacular gloss. Approaching the material from a series of new perspectives, the contributors shed new light on numerous aspects of this magnificent manuscript, its milieux, and its significance.
Series:
Library of the written word ; volume 57 The manuscript world ; volume 9
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.