Carpet Cross Page Lindisfarne Gospels

The book includes five highly elaborate full page carpet pages so called because of their resemblance to carpets from the eastern mediterranean.

Carpet cross page lindisfarne gospels.

The lindisfarne gospels is a manuscript that contains the gospels of the four evangelists mark john luke and matthew. The lindisfarne gospels are in the opinion of many including me the greatest treasure we have. Bible moralisée moralized bibles saint louis bible moralized bible the golden haggadah. The copying and decoration of the lindisfarne gospels represent a remarkable artistic achievement.

The lindisfarne gospels were written before 720. Time of social upheaval and devastation invasions. In the lindisfarne gospels the carpet pages play a similar role preparing the reader for the the gospel message. There are sixteen pages of arcaded canon tables where parallel passages of the four evangelists are laid out.

Four of the carpet pages appear alongside incipit pages that mark the beginning of each gospel. This manuscript had of course to be featured in my book the art and history of calligraphy published by the british library in may 2017. Jerome and pope damasus i. What does it show.

793 ce vikings pillaged the monastery but the monks were able to keep the lindisfarne gospels safe. It is a design which involves the entire page in zoomorphic forms intermingling with clusters and knots producing rhythm and energy yet held in check by the regularity of the design and dominating cross motif. The lindisfarne gospels begins with a carpet page in the form of a cross and a major initial page introducing the letter of st. Cross carpet page the lindisfarne gospels.

Each carpet page contains a different form of cross stressing the different church traditions and their ecumenical relationship. Carpet page posted on december 14 2015 by mrsbowman1 cross and carpet page for st. They are pages of mainly geometrical ornamentation which may include repeated animal forms typically placed at the beginning of each of the four gospels in gospel books. The bayeux tapestry seven ages of britain bbc one.

Church and reliquary of sainte foy france. Matthew folio 26 verso of the lindisfarne gospels from northumbria england c. A carpet page from the lindisfarne gospels carpet pages are a characteristic feature of insular illuminated manuscripts. Made in italy.

Produced in the british isles between 500 900 ce. Lindisfarne island off the coast of northumberland in england.