Lichfield Gospels Carpet Page

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Lichfield gospels carpet page.

A similar affinity is also shown in the placement of some of the evangelists symbols which leap over the halo of the appropriate saint. 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. A carpet page from the lindisfarne gospels carpet pages are a characteristic feature of insular illuminated manuscripts. By adjusting the top image s transparency with the slidebar you can observe how a page is aging.

The lichfield gospels recently more often referred to as the st chad gospels but also known as the book of chad the gospels of st chad the st teilo gospels the llandeilo gospels and variations on these is an 8th century insular gospel book housed in lichfield cathedral there are 236 surviving pages eight of which are illuminated. Art architecture and engineering library. Image from folio 22 topics. The layout of the only surviving carpet page bears a striking resemblance to that of the second carpet page in the lindisfarne gospels.

Another four contain framed text.