Lindisfarne Carpet Pages

There are sixteen pages of arcaded canon tables where parallel passages of the four evangelists are laid out.

Lindisfarne carpet pages.

Carpet pages have been described as virtual prayer rugs intended to help create a contemplative state. The carpet pages of the lindisfarne gospels. It was made in the late 7th or early 8th centuries at lindisfarne a monastery in the north of england that was founded by irish missionaries and held control over a vast network of smaller monasteries in the region. Additional religious imagery can be found in the pictures of each of the four evangelists.

The world of the lindisfarne gospels. Carpet page posted on december 14 2015 by mrsbowman1 cross and carpet page for st. Insular cross carpet pages were inspired by contemporary metalwork and oriental rugs. The lindisfarne gospels begins with a carpet page in the form of a cross and a major initial page introducing the letter of st.

Lindisfarne gospels john cross carpet page f 210v british library the book is a spectacular example of insular or hiberno saxon art works produced in the british isles between 500 900 c e a time of devastating invasions and political upheavals. The cross carpet pages are not the sole examples of christian iconography in the lindisfarne gospels. The copying and decoration of the lindisfarne gospels represent a remarkable artistic achievement. Carpet pages like this one are characterized by geometric and colourful designs that take up an entire page as here.

Four of the carpet pages appear alongside incipit pages that mark the beginning of each gospel. A carpet page from the lindisfarne gospels carpet pages are a characteristic feature of insular illuminated manuscripts. The lindisfarne gospels is a manuscript that contains the gospels of the four evangelists mark john luke and matthew. Matthew folio 26 verso of the lindisfarne gospels from northumbria england c.

Lindisfarne gospels cross carpet page. An exhibition held at the british library 16th may to 28th september 2003. The book of lindisfarne opens with one of five elaborate full page decorative carpet pages cruciform geometric designs reminiscent of eastern hand made rugs. Jerome and pope damasus i.

Matthew mark luke and john the writers of the original gospel books.