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English: Lindisfarne Gospels or “Durham Book” in the Cottonian Library. The text is in very exactly formed half-uncials, differing but slightly from the same characters in Irish MSS.
Date published 1911
Source “Palaeography,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 20, 1911, p. 576, fig. 41.
Author Said to have been written by Eadfrith, bishop of Lindisfarne, about the year 700. Glossed in the Northumbrian dialect by Aldred, a writer of the 10th century.
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.
English: Transcription:
(regnum caelorum.
Beati mites quoniam
ipsi posidebunt.
ric heofna
eadge biđon đa milde forđon
đa agnegađ.)

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current19:36, 21 August 2019Thumbnail for version as of 19:36, 21 August 2019663 × 253 (57 KB)Bob Burkhardt{{Information |description ={{en|1=Lindisfarne Gospels or “Durham Book” in the Cottonian Library. The text is in very exactly formed half-uncials, differing but slightly from the same characters in Irish MSS.}} |date =published 1911 |source =“Palaeography,” ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (11th ed.), v. 20, 1911, p. 576, fig. 41. |author =Said to have been written by Eadfrith, bishop of Lindisfarne, about the year 700. Glossed in the Northumbrian dialect by Aldred, a wr...

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