The Australian Library Journal, May 1st, 2004
Brown, Michelle P. Painted labyrinth: the world of the Lindisfarne gospels. London: British Library, 2003.48p 5.95 [pounds sterling] soft ISBN0712348115 THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS, PRODUCED MORE THAN 1300 YEARS AGO AT THE MONASTERY of Lindisfarne on the Northumbrian coast, remains one of the great landmarks of human cultural achievement and one of the world's greatest works of art in book form. The single volume manuscript consists of 500 pages of beautiful calligraphy and decorative symbols. Bishop Eadfrith, leader of the monastery on Lindisfarne from 698 to 721, is credited as being the creato...
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