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Detail from Lindisfarne Gospels of red dots around letters, Preface to St Matthew's Gospel, from the 'Lindisfarne Gospels', 710-21 (vellum)

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English School, (8th century) / English

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British Library, London, UK

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c. 700 AD (C7th AD)

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Cotton Nero D.iv The Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV) is an illuminated manuscript gospel book produced around the year 700 in a monastery off the coast of Northumberland at Lindisfarne and which is now on display in the British Library in London. The manuscript is one of the finest works in the unique style of Hiberno-Saxon or Insular art, combining Mediterranean, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic elements.

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