The Lindisfarne Gospels
Backhouse, Janet1987
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The Lindisfarne Gospels, a manuscript produced in the Northumbrian island monastery of Lindisfarne at the end of the seventh century, in honour of Saint Cuthbert, is a relic of early Christianity in England, and one of the nation's greatest treasures. This book makes the glories of the Lindisfarne Gospels accessible to a wide public.
Main title:
The Lindisfarne Gospels / Janet Backhouse.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Phaidon in association with the British Library, 1981 (1987 [printing])
Collation:
96p. : ill(some col.), facsims.(some col.) ; 28cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780714824611 (pbk)
Dewey class:
091709.2745.442
Language:
English
BRN:
1309769