The Lindisfarne Gospels was originally adorned with a metalwork cover or case, reportedly made by Billfrith the Anchorite (a hermit). There is no record of when this cover was separated from the book.

I throw socks (one pair, rolled) at the wireless when it annoys me, which is quite often. It’s worse on social media (X), when people ask about some ancient Roman inscription or medieval manuscript: ...

The book known as the Lindisfarne Gospels, the oldest surviving English bible, has left its native North East again after a brief, but successful visit home.

More than 55,000 visits were made to see the Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition during its return to the North East, where it was created 1,300 years ago. The 11-week show at the Laing Art Gallery ...

Curators at The British Library have again reaffirmed the Lindisfarne Gospels are to remain in London, despite ongoing calls to return them to the North East.

As well as a masterpiece of Northumbrian art, the Lindisfarne Gospels is an invaluable record of early medieval history, preserving the words spoken by everyday people in the north of England over ...

The Lindisfarne Gospels is formed of more than 250 vellum pages and measures just over 36cm in height, about the size of a modern A3 sheet. The book's original“treasure binding”, encrusted ...

The story of the Lindisfarne Gospels is intimately connected to life in the north east of England. It speaks to the migration of communities, the passing on of artistic traditions and the preservation ...

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 ...

Lindisfarne Gospels, incipit to Gospel of John. courtesy The British Library Which is the greatest treasure, an 80-year-old runner’s vest, a Paisley scarf once used to capture an escaped parrot ...