Medieval History
We are delighted to announce that full colour images of two iconic treasures, the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Old English Hexateuch, have been added to our Digitised Manuscripts site.
The Lindisfarne Gospels is one of the great masterpieces of medieval western art. Dated conventionally to the first decades of the 8th century, the manuscript is adorned with beautiful carpet-pages, miniatures of the evangelists, and decorated initials.
Click here to read the full post from the British Library
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Dutch graffiti artist, Niels Meulman, has produced art inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Old Irish poem Pangur Bán, which will be on display in the north of England until the end of September. The BBC cover the story here. Professor Paul Russell,...
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ELB writes: From 2005-9, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was involved in a project (in collaboration with Stanford University) to digitise their superb collection of medieval manuscripts. The resulting online resource is the 'Parker Library...
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The British Library has digitised over a quarter of its Greek manuscripts (284 volumes) for the first time and made them freely available online at www.bl.uk/manuscripts thanks to a generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The website provides...
- Workshop On The Old English Gloss To The Lindisfarne Gospels
First call for papers and announcement: Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels (26th and 27th of April 2011) You are warmly invited to participate in a Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels to be held on...
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Medieval History
Lindisfarne Gospels and the Old English Hexateuch added to British Library Digitised Manuscripts
We are delighted to announce that full colour images of two iconic treasures, the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Old English Hexateuch, have been added to our Digitised Manuscripts site.
The Lindisfarne Gospels is one of the great masterpieces of medieval western art. Dated conventionally to the first decades of the 8th century, the manuscript is adorned with beautiful carpet-pages, miniatures of the evangelists, and decorated initials.
Click here to read the full post from the British Library
- Turning Darkness Into Light
Dutch graffiti artist, Niels Meulman, has produced art inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Old Irish poem Pangur Bán, which will be on display in the north of England until the end of September. The BBC cover the story here. Professor Paul Russell,...
- Parker Library On The Web
ELB writes: From 2005-9, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was involved in a project (in collaboration with Stanford University) to digitise their superb collection of medieval manuscripts. The resulting online resource is the 'Parker Library...
- British Library Digitises Greek Manuscripts
The British Library has digitised over a quarter of its Greek manuscripts (284 volumes) for the first time and made them freely available online at www.bl.uk/manuscripts thanks to a generous grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The website provides...
- Workshop On The Old English Gloss To The Lindisfarne Gospels
First call for papers and announcement: Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels (26th and 27th of April 2011) You are warmly invited to participate in a Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels to be held on...
- Michelle Brown's New Book
I bought this one: Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age By Michelle P Brown This beautifully illustrated new book by renowned manuscripts expert Michelle Brown provides an authoritative introduction to Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age, aided by over...