Lichfield Gospels Carpet Page

A similar affinity is also shown in the placement of some of the evangelists symbols which leap over the halo of the appropriate saint.

Lichfield gospels carpet page.

They are pages of mainly geometrical ornamentation which may include repeated animal forms typically placed at the beginning of each of the four gospels in gospel books. Lichfield gospels or st chad gospels carpet page 8th century anglo saxon manuscript dbjyf6 from alamy s library of millions of high resolution stock photos illustrations and vectors. University of michigan. Image from folio 22 topics.

The historical image overlays provide photographs taken over the last 130 years of the st chad gospels beginning with images from 1887 and including images from 1911 1929 1956 1962 1982 2003 and 2010 choose any two images for comparison from the two drop down boxes. The layout of the only surviving carpet page bears a striking resemblance to that of the second carpet page in the lindisfarne gospels. Download this stock image. Art architecture and engineering library.

Another four contain framed text.