![]() ![]() 721-750) the metalworker who adorned the binding or book-shrine (now replaced by a 19-century treaure binding), Billfirth the Anchorite, or hermit (who died sometime before 840). "the artist-scribe Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne (698-721) the binder Bishop Aethilwald of Lindisfarne (c. The use of this was apparently invented by the artist-scribe some 300 years ahead of its time as an alternative to the usual hard-point of bone or metal, which would hae trapped the apint of the fine web of oranment in the furrows it produced (as it did not elave a graphic mark on the page but only dented impressions" (Brown, Painted Labyrinth, 34).Īccording to a colophon added in the tenth century by Aldred at Chester-le-Street, the Lindisfarne Gospels were created by "Details were added freehand with a lead-point, the forerunner of the pencil. The Celtic designs of the manuscript observe the rules of sacred geometry, and are thought to reflect a blend of Eastern " eremitic" and Western monastic traditions. These show how the scribe created the designs for the elaborate illuminations, and reflect clear connections with the design methods used in sculpture and metalwork from the region. ![]() Among the many features of this masterpiece are the compass marks, grids and lead-point drawings visible on the backs of the carpet pages. ![]() Between 715 and 720 Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne, undertook the production of the Lindisfarne Gospels. ![]()
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