Made around 730, the St Chad Gospels is an exquisite blend of cultural influences in the British Isles and beyond. It shows strong correspondences with the Lindisfarne Gospels, which predates it slightly, and the Book of Kells, which it predates by about 70 years. The St Chad Gospels contains the earliest surviving examples of Old Welsh writing.
Made around 730, the St Chad Gospels is an exquisite blend of cultural influences in the British Isles and beyond. It shows strong correspondences with the Lindisfarne Gospels, which predates it slightly, and the Book of Kells, which it predates by about 70 years. The St Chad Gospels contains the earliest surviving examples of Old Welsh writing.
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