The Lindisfarne Gospels have a uniquely important place in the art and culture of the North East, and the Christian heritage of the area. The exhibition is part of the celebrations of the Millennium ...

A recently discovered gold pendant appears to date to a "mysterious moment" in the early 8th Century, according to an expert.

Close examination has shown that this awe-inspiring work of the Lindisfarne Gospels’ script and illustrations was undertaken by one artist-scribe, whom the 10th century monk Aldred identified as the ...

Three fine pages of pure ornament depicting single-arm crosses proportioned as 4 × 3 form a set of greatest value to our efforts to understand concepts of form in early Insular (Hiberno-Saxon) art.

The Lindisfarne Gospels are “a masterpiece of early medieval European book painting”, said Laura Freeman in The Times. Created in the early 700s by Eadfrith, bishop of Lindisfarne island in ...

The ruined Benedictine priory helps pilgrims imagine a community of early ardent Christians. (Newscom/ZUMA Press) In central London, a stone's throw from St. Pancras rail station, is one of the ...

Tickets to see the famous Lindisfarne Gospels on its visit north go on sale from this Sunday and are expected to be in huge demand. The eagerly-awaited arrival 'home' of the Gospels will see the ...

Museums in the North East have received a financial boost ahead of the return of arguably the most important book ever to be produced in the North East. Tyne and Wear Museums is being awarded a ...

THE long-awaited exhibition marking the return of the Lindisfarne Gospels opens to the public on Monday. TONY KEARNEY has a tour of the treasures on show. AFTER more than 500 years in exile, the ...

The gospels date back to Anglo-Saxon times and remain in almost perfect condition The 1,300-year-old Lindisfarne Gospels have returned to north-east England for the first time in almost a decade. The ...

AN EXCITED queue of people dressed as choristers, Anglo-Saxons, monks and sportsmen today snapped up tickets for one of the North-East's most eagerly awaitined homecomings. One of the world’s greatest ...

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