Lindisfarne Gospels Carpet Page

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Lindisfarne gospels carpet page.

They are pages of mainly geometrical ornamentation which may include repeated animal forms typically placed at the beginning of each of the four gospels in gospel books. Jerome and pope damasus i. The lindisfarne gospels begins with a carpet page in the form of a cross and a major initial page introducing the letter of st. Standard scenes from the life of christ in art.

Google classroom facebook twitter. Carpet page posted on december 14 2015 by mrsbowman1 cross and carpet page for st. Introduction to the middle ages. Matthew folio 26 verso of the lindisfarne gospels from northumbria england c.

Each carpet page contains a different form of cross stressing the different church traditions and their ecumenical relationship. The lindisfarne gospels is a manuscript that contains the gospels of the four evangelists mark john luke and matthew. 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. Christianity an introduction for the study of art history.

A carpet page from the lindisfarne gospels carpet pages are a characteristic feature of insular illuminated manuscripts.