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.
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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.
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.
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The layout of the only surviving carpet page bears a striking resemblance to that of the second carpet page in the lindisfarne gospels.
A carpet page from the lindisfarne gospels carpet pages are a characteristic feature of insular illuminated manuscripts.
The lichfield gospels recently more often referred to as the st chad gospels but also known as the book of chad the gospels of st chad the st teilo gospels the llandeilo gospels and variations on these is an 8th century insular gospel book housed in lichfield cathedral there are 236 surviving pages eight of which are illuminated.
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