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Exhibition Review
The Lindisfarne Gospels. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1267-1269
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Reviewer:
Meehan, Bernard (Meehan, Bernard)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
subjects:
Anglo-Saxon / Manuscripts / Early medieval / Metalwork / Pictish / Sculpture / Carvings / Coins
works:
Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London)
Reviewed Items
works:
The Lindisfarne Gospels Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle 17th September–3rd December | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Trumpington Cross. 7th century. Gold and garnet, diameter 3.5 cm. (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle).
Western art unattributed:
6. Beginning of the Gospel of St John from the Lindisfarne Gospels. c.700. Vellum, 36.5 by 27.5 cm. (British Library, London, Cotton MS Nero D IV, fol.211r; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle).
Western art unattributed:
7. Eagle, symbol of John the Evangelist. Northumbria or Iona, c.700. Vellum, 28.5 by 21.9 cm. (Corpus Christi College Cambridge, MS 197B; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle).
Exhibition Review
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War. British Library, London
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 143-146
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Reviewer:
Naismith, Rory (Naismith, Rory)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Books / Manuscripts / Illuminated manuscripts / Documents / Maps / Coins / Jewellery / Sculpture
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Anglo-Saxon / Cultural history / Poetry / Ruthwell Cross, Cumbria, Great Britain / Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London) / Psalters / Correspondence
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Illustration of Psalm 13, from the Harley Psalter. c.1000–50. Parchment, 38 by 31 cm. (British Library, London; MS 603, fol.7v).
Western art unattributed:
6. Sundial. Tenth century. Gold and silver, 6.1 by 1.6 cm. (Canterbury Cathedral; exh. British Library, London).
Western art unattributed:
7. Portrait of the prophet Ezra, from Codex Amiatinus. Before 716. Parchment, approx. 50.5 by 34 cm. (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MS Amiatino 1, fol. Vr; exh. British Library, London).
Book Review
An Insular Odyssey: Manuscript Culture in Early Christian Ireland and Beyond. Edited by Rachel Moss, Felicity O’Mahony and Jane Maxwell
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 798
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Reviewer:
Hamburger, Jeffrey (Hamburger, Jeffrey)
Subjects
dates:
0400-0499 / 0500-0599 / 0600-0699 / 0700-0799 / 0800-0899 / 0900-0999
media:
Books / Manuscripts / Illuminated manuscripts
places:
Ireland
subjects:
Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London) / Book of Kells (Trinity College Library, Dublin) / Festschriften / Essays / Liturgy / Manuscript illumination / Provenance / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Pigments / Colour / Nationalism / Goldsmiths / Illuminators
Book Review
The Lindisfarne Gospels. Society, Spirituality and the Scribe.
08/2005 | 1229 | 147
Pages: 555
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Reviewer:
Kauffmann, C. M. (Kauffmann, C. M.; K., C. M.)
Subjects
dates:
0700-0749
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
print:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Manuscripts / Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London)
subjects:
Collections, Public
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Lindisfarne Gospels. Society, Spirituality and the Scribe. | author: Brown, Michelle P.
Article
Kells Portraits and Eastern Ornament
09/1938 | 426 | 73
Pages: 121-123
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Author:
Picton, Harold (Picton, Harold)
Subjects
places:
Ireland
subjects:
Irish / Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Christian iconography / Assyrian / Influence
works:
Book of Kells (Trinity College Library, Dublin)
works:
Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London)
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
A-Lion of St. Mark, from Cod. Lat. 9389 (Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris); B-Gold Dish, from the Nagy-Szent Miklos Treasure. About A. D. 860 (Kunsthist. Museum, Vienna); C-Winged Horse. About A. D. 700 (Hsien-Yang-Hsien, Shansi); D-Head of St. John. Detail from the Book of Kells. Late Eighth Century (Trinity College, Dublin); E-Waldalgesheim Flagon, Detail. About 380 B. C.; F-St. Matthew, Cod. 1395, Fol. 418 r. Eighth Century (Stifts-Bibliothek, St. Gallen); G-Head of Matthew Symbol. Detail from the Lindisfarne Gospels. About A. D. 700 (British Museum); H-Knives. Bronze (Minusinsk); J-Gold Deer from Kul Oba, near Kertch. About 490 B. C.; K-Detail from the Book of Kells. Fol. 292 r.; L-Gold Plaque from Verkhne-Udinsk, South Irkutsk (Hermitage, Leningrad). Kells Portraits and Eastern Ornament
Article
Medieval English Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum
06/1930 | 327 | 56
Pages: 292+296-299+302-305
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Author:
Beck, Egerton (Beck, Egerton; B., E.; Beck, E.)
Subjects
dates:
1930-1939
dates:
1100-1199 / 1200-1499
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / Saint Albans
places:
Winchester
subjects:
Early English / Medieval / Exhibitions
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Textiles / Opus Anglicanum (English Medieval Needlework) / Ecclesiastical
subjects:
William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, 1324-1404
subjects:
Funeral palls
subjects:
British sculpture / Wood sculpture / Alabaster carvings
subjects:
British painting / Metalwork / Woodwork
subjects:
Ecclesiastical vestments
works:
Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London)
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. The Story of St. John and the Robber Youth, from an Apocalypse, English (St. Albans?) c. 1230. (Trinity College, Cambridge). Medieval English Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. Part of an Altar-Frontal; Thirteenth Century. (Mrs. Robert Bliss). Medieval English Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Appearance of Christ after the Resurrection. Stone; Twelfth Century. (Durham Cathedral). Medieval English Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Western art unattributed:
Plate III. B-Virgin and Child. Stone; Twelfth Century. (St. Mary's Abbey, York). Medieval English Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Western art unattributed:
Plate IV. A-Figures from an Annunciation. Oak, Fourteenth Century. Vicar's Close, Wells. Medieval English Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Western art unattributed:
Plate IV. B-Madonna and Child. Carved Whale Bone; Thirteenth Century. (Louvre, Paris). Medieval English Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Book Review
The Lindisfarne Gospels
10/1924 | 259 | 45
Pages: 204-205
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Reviewer:
P., G. H. (P., G. H.)
Subjects
dates:
0600-0649
places:
England
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Bible / Iconography / Evangelists
works:
Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London)
Reviewed Items
works:
The Lindisfarne Gospels | author: Millar, Eric George