What is Lindisfarne Gospels?
[[File:Meister des Book of Lindisfarne 001.jpg|thumb|right|230px|From the [[Gospel of Matthew|Gospel of St Matthew]], by the 'Master of Lindisfarne']] [[File:LindisfarneChiRiho.jpg|thumb|right|230px|The 'Chi Rho' [[monogram]] from the Lindisfarn Gospels]] [[File:Lindisfarne Gospels folio 209v.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[John the Evangelist]] from the Lindisfarne Gospels]] The '''Lindisfarne Gospels''' is an [[Illuminated manuscript]] [[book]] of the [[gospels]].<ref>London, British Library Cotton MS Nero D.IV</ref> It was made at a [[monastery]] off the coast of [[Northumberland]] at [[Lindisfarne]], about 700 AD. The manuscript is now on display in the [[British Library]]. It is one of the finest works in the style which is called [[insular art]].<ref>Literally, this means 'island art'.</ref> This combines [[Mediterranean]], [[Anglo-Saxon]] and [[Celt]]ic elements.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=n8Oj3p_wUmsC&dq=lindisfarne+gospels+insular+art&pg=PA239 Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Art: geometric aspects] Derek Hull, Published 2003 Liverpool University Press. {{ISBN|0-85323-549-X}} (Google books link)</ref> At this time, [[Britain]] and [[Ireland]] shared a style which was different from that of the rest of Europe. The Lindisfarne Gospels are thought to be by [[Eadfrith of Lindisfarne|Eadfrith]], a [[monk]] who became [[Bishop of Lindisfarne]] in 698 and died in 721.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/lindisfarne.html Lindisfarne Gospels] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717174134/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/lindisfarne.html |date=2018-07-17 }} British Library. Retrieved 2008-03-21</ref><ref>Backhouse, Janet 1981. ''The Lindisfarne Gospels'' Oxford: Phaidon.</ref> The Gospels are richly illustrated, and were originally in a fine leather binding covered with jewels and metals. During the [[Viking]] raids on Lindisfarne, this cover was lost, and a replacement was made in 1852.<ref Name=Echo>[http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Let-Gospels-come-home.1784874.jp Let Gospels