Tag: Calligraphy

Folio 285 Recto

Folio 285 recto from the Book of Kells; “Una autem sabbati valde…”
[Now upon the first day of the week…] (St. Luke 24:1).

Lindisfarne Gospels: Folio 94 Verso

Folio 94 verso from the Lindisfarne Gospels; cross-carpet page for St. Mark.

Lindisfarne Gospels: Folio 138 Verso

Folio 138 verso from the Lindisfarne Gospels; cross-carpet page before St. Luke.

Book of Durrow: Folio 1 Verso

Folio 1 verso from the Book of Durrow; double-armed cross-carpet page.

Book of Durrow: Folio 21 Verso

Folio 21 verso from the Book of Durrow; St. Matthew.

Folio 114 Recto

Folio 114 recto from the Book of Kells; the arrest of Christ.

Folio 188 Recto

Folio 188 recto from the Book of Kells; the beginning of the Gospel according to St. Luke.

Lindisfarne Gospels: Folio 3 Recto

Folio 3 recto from the Lindisfarne Gospels. The first of five major decorated openings in the manuscript introduces the letter which St Jerome addressed to Pope Damasus, at whose request he carried out the revision of the Latin Bible text during the late 4th century.

Lindisfarne Gospels: Folio 139 Recto

Folio 139 recto from the Lindisfarne Gospels; the opening words of the Gospel of St. Luke: ‘Quoniam quidem multi conati sunt ordinare narrationem’, Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration.

Lindisfarne Gospels: Folio 210 Verso

Folio 210 verso from the Lindisfarne Gospels; a cross-carpet page.

Lindisfarne Gospels: Folio 2 Verso

Folio 2 verso from the Lindisfarne Gospels; a cross-carpet page.

Lindisfarne Gospels: Folio 211 Recto

Folio 211 recto from the Lindisfarne Gospels; the beginning of the Gospel According to St. John.