ARCHAEOLOGY

The Gospels of Harmony

he Lindisfarne Gospels is among the most finely crafted early medieval illuminated manuscripts to have survived to the present day. Remarkably, it is believed to have been produced by a single individual: Eadfrith, the bishop of Lindisfarne from around 698 to 722. According to Michelle Brown, professor emerita at the University of London and former curator of illuminated manuscripts at the British

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