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Evangelia ('Lindisfarne Gospels') — Lindisfarne (Holy Island), Northumberland. Benedictine priory of St Peter; originally seat of bishopric; later cell of Durham.


Provenance: Lindisfarne (Holy Island), Northumberland. Benedictine priory of St Peter; originally seat of bishopric; later cell of Durham.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Cotton Nero D.iv
Author/Title: Evangelia ('Lindisfarne Gospels')
Type of evidence: inferred evidence
Notes on evidence:

The entry 'Liber sancti Cuthberti qui demersus fuit in mare' occurs in a 1367 inventory and suggests that the Gospels may have been kept at L. at this date. A similar entry does not occur in later inventories.

Date: s. viii in.
Medieval Catalogue Notes: Cf. inv. 1367