Lindisfarne Gospels Carpet Page

In the lindisfarne gospels the carpet pages play a similar role preparing the reader for the the gospel message.

Lindisfarne gospels carpet page. Matthew folio 26 verso of the lindisfarne gospels from northumbria england c. A carpet page from the lindisfarne gospels carpet pages are a characteristic feature of insular illuminated manuscripts. Essay by louisa woodville. Introduction to the middle ages.

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. Medieval art in europe. Christianity an introduction for the study of art history.

Google classroom facebook twitter. Standard scenes from the life of christ in art. 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. 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.

The lindisfarne gospels begins with a carpet page in the form of a cross and a major initial page introducing the letter of st.