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 |