Lindisfarne Gospels Carpet Page

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 carpet page.

Standard scenes from the life of christ in art. In the lindisfarne gospels the carpet pages play a similar role preparing the reader for the the gospel message. The lindisfarne gospels is a manuscript that contains the gospels of the four evangelists mark john luke and matthew. Introduction to the middle ages.

Matthew folio 26 verso of the lindisfarne gospels from northumbria england c. Jerome and pope damasus i. Each carpet page contains a different form of cross stressing the different church traditions and their ecumenical relationship. 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. Essay by louisa woodville. Medieval art in europe. 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.