Carpet & vinyl stand remnant wall system 1500mm wide, but can be made to any sizes required. I’ve experimented and am sure that they were done with a quill. The patterns range from interlace, to geometric red dots, to birds with necks and legs intertwined in the first and last strokes of the enlarged letter N at the start. Look at the red geometric patterns top and bottom and right and left; notice the way in which the black outlines aren’t exactly perpendicular emphasising this effect. as Carpet Pages because they look like oriental rugs. Shop carpeting, hardwood, laminate, vinyl and tile floors at Carpet One. But … …ornamented cross-pages, commonly called “carpet pages,” filled with ribbon interlace and wonderfully intertwined beasts, and large initial letters. worshippers for prayer. Click here for a couple of hours of pure joy! The page size has been reduced by subsequent rebindings, and most leaves are now single when unbound, where many or most would originally have been in "bifolia" or folded pairs. Note the two c letter A at the end of the first line (TERRA), and the Half-Uncial letter G is the third letter from the end of the last line. St Bede writes that prayer mats They also help prepare them before There is a fascinating blogpost from the great British Library Typepad where they have enlarged various parts the page at the top of the blogpost, click here for more details. may have been intentional. The is the chi-rho page – the first two letters of the name Christ in Greek (not x and p as some believe!). Opposite this page is one of the famous cross-carpet pages, called this because they are densely decorated and patterned like a Persian carpet, but are also in the shape of a cross. they move onto holy gropund. This one shows St Matthew writing his Gospel in a book, with his symbol of a winged man blowing a trumpet behind him. What is intriguing with this cross-carpet is the central part of the design in that the lines are not completely straight; so this circular design looks almost as if it is slightly raised in the centre, a bit like the ‘boss’ on a shield perhaps. This manuscript had, of course, to be featured in my book The Art and History of Calligraphy, published by the British Library in May 2017. If you're behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains *.kastatic.org and *.kasandbox.org are unblocked. The swirls are very similar to patterns on jewellery and metalwork around this time. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. The main significance of this is that it is unclear if there was originally a seventh carpet page. In the Lindisfarne Gospels the carpet pages play a similar role, preparing the reader for the the Gospel message. the Second Coming. Michelle suggests that some sort of back lighting was likely so that Eadfrith could follow his planned design. Other articles where Carpet page is discussed: Western painting: England and Ireland, c. 650–850: …ornamented cross-pages, commonly called “carpet pages,” filled with ribbon interlace and wonderfully intertwined beasts, and large initial letters. (Christian Egyptian) manuscripts. They also recall contemporary metalwork, symbolising the Crux Shaw Floors Value. You can see Aldred’s dancing Insular Minuscule gloss between the lines on the right; he added this lettering during the 100 years or so when the monks were at Chester-le-Street. But you can see all this yourself as the Lindisfarne Gospels have been digitised by the British Library and you can look at page after page of wonderful lettering and glorious patterns, and enlarge them to your heart’s content! The lettering is in a particularly clear Half-Uncial, and even if you don’t read Latin, you will be able to make out the letters once you have realised that the letter A is a ‘two c’ letter and the rather strange squiggle is a letter G. This shows the clear letter-forms.