Lindisfarne
School or library
tidal island in North East England
Location: 55.6800, -1.8025
What this place is
- School or library — the island monastery's scriptorium — where the Lindisfarne Gospels were written and painted around the year 700
Who is recorded here
- Aidan of Lindisfarne ministry · AD 635
- Ceolwulf of Northumbria death · AD 765
In art
About the place
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland.
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