The British Library is home to one of the world's greatest medieval treasures. The Lindisfarne Gospels is an oustanding example of Anglo-Saxon book painting. It was written and illuminated in the early eighth century AD, perhaps by Bishop Eadfrith in the Monastery of Lindisfarne, on an island off the coast of Northumbria. | The Scavenger Hunt by Kristine D Henning, Paperback | Indigo Chapters