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LindisfarneCrossPage

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Wikicatalog Template	Work	Image
Title	Cross carpet page, Lindisfarne Gospels
Agent	Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne
Subject	Religious
Description	Beginning page, Gospels of St. Matthew
Publisher		Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Contributor
Date (of work)	715
Work Type	Illuminated manuscript
Work ID	LindisfarneCrossPage
Measurements	34.3 x 24.8 cm
Material	Vellum
Technique	Illuminated manuscript
Identifier		colorpl31
Source		H. W. Janson: History of Art (2nd edition, 1977)
Language	Latin
Relation	folio from Lindisfarne Gospels	color photo
Date of photo
Location/site	United Kingdon, Ireland, Lindisfarne (Holy Island)
GIS Coordinates
Location/Museum	United Kingdom, England, London, British Library
Museum Inventory No.	Cotton Nero D. IV; folio 26v
Style/Period	Medieval
Movement/Dynasty	Hiberno-Saxon
Rightsowner	British Library	Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Searchwords	meander, foliate, Celtic, insular, labyrinth, crucifix, animal interlace, symmetry, ornament
Notes	The script is a stately insular majuscule typical of the Lindisfarne scriptorium.
Record author	H. Seneff	H. Seneff