著者

白井 直美 遠山 茂樹

出版者

東北公益文科大学

雑誌

東北公益文科大学総合研究論集 : forum21 (ISSN:18806570)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.7, pp.A113-A136, 2004-05-30

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The Lindisfarne Gospels is one of the masterpiece of the manuscripts made in medieval England. The Book is thought to have been made at the monastery of Lindisfarne in the kingdom of Northumbria. Eadfrith, the bishop of Lindisfarne (d.721), wrote and illuminated this Gospels with splendid skills which he might had studied in Ireland. And he made this Gospels under the influence of cultures from Irish and Mediterranean area. It is almost certain that the Gospels have been made for God and Cuthbert in the early 8th century. The reason why this Gospels have been made connects closely with the birth and expansion of the cult of St Cuthbert. And Eadfrith undertook this work to promote the Cuthbert's cult. After the birth of his cult, the Lindisfarne monastery needed a lot of fame in oder to establish the status as the leader of Northumbrian church. For this reason, Eadfrith bid the Lindisfarne monks together, Bede put the Life of St Cuthbert, and Eadfrith made this Gospels by himself. The making of the Lindisfarne Gospels must be considered under this historical context, and it is evident that the making of this Gospels constituted a very distinct landmark in the history of the Lindisfarne community and St Cuthbert's cult.