Lindisfarne Gospels

The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels made at the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria around 700–715, traditionally by Bishop Eadfrith. Its decorated carpet pages and initials combine Irish, Anglo-Saxon and Mediterranean styles. In the 10th century a priest named Aldred added an Old English gloss, the oldest surviving translation of the Gospels into English. It is held by the British Library.