The Lindisfarne Gospels, a manuscript produced in the Northumbrian island mostery of Lindisfarne at the end of the seventh century, in honour of Saint Cuthbert, is one of the world´s masterpieces of book painting. It is a precious relic of early Christianity in England, and one of the tion´s greatest treasures. This is the first book to make the chief glories of the Lindisfarne Gospels accessible to a wide public. All the important illumited pages are reproduced in colour from a new and accurate set
