Acknowledgements . . viii
List of Plates and Figures . . x
Colour plate section . . between pages xvi and i
Introduction . . 1
1 The genesis of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 13
2 The Lindisfarne Gospels: the biography of the book . . 84
3 Enshrining Scripture: the text of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 150
4 Sacred codicology: the physical preparation, writing and binding
of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 200
5 The art of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 272
Conclusion . . 395
Appendix I . . 430