Who made the Lindisfarne Gospels?
The Lindisfarne Gospels are unique in that unlike other illuminated manuscripts of the time, they are the work of a single individual rather than a team of scribes. The Gospels are attributed to a monk named Eadfrith, who was the Bishop of Lindisfarne from 698 until his death in 721. Ethelwald, who succeeded Eadfrith as Bishop, bound the pages of the manuscript. The original leather cover was richly decorated with jewels and precious metals by Billfrith the Anchorite in the 8th. century, but lost during the Viking invasions. The present cover was provided in 1852 at the expense of Edward Maltby, Bishop of Durham, who covered it with a binding of silver and jewels. Cover of the Lindisfarne Gospels (Image source: www.sollenne.
