Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels - likely by Eadfrith of Lindisfarne (715-20)

Soot ink and various paints on vellum.

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starship_lizard@programming.dev · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)
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craftyindividual@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y

Going from my wild uneducated guess (Wikipedia) it looks like about 5 years... and potentially 1 artist. Then again they lived on a solitary island doing nothing else, apart from the occasional shelter from viking raids.

Aeolian@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Would be great to see in person. Got a chance to see a copy of the Guttenberg bible, and its was stunningly beautiful in person

craftyindividual@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Again, yes a chance would be great. Not familiar with the Guttenberg outside of it's first printed status. Are there pictures and illumination or just quality text ?

Aeolian@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

There were little dudes on horseback riding around the pages, and fantastic borders. The Huntington in LA has a copy and they change the pages every now and then.

craftyindividual@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y

Right, I will have to check it out in real life