The Holy Island of Lindisfarne
For with the flow and ebb, its style
Varies from continent to isle;
Dry shood o'er sands, twice every day,
The pilgrims to the shrine find way;
Twice every day the waves efface
Of staves and sandelled feet the trace.
- Sir Walter Scott
You can read about Lindisfarne at the island's own website, but below are just some photos ...
- Lindisfarne castle
- the Priory ... take a virtual tour of it
- Statue of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, founder of the first monastery there
- St Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne Gospels ...
- Openning page, Gospel of St. John
- St. Mark
- Incipit to the Gospel of Matthew
And last, but not least :-) ...
- Lindisfarne Mead from St.Aidan's Winery
Varies from continent to isle;
Dry shood o'er sands, twice every day,
The pilgrims to the shrine find way;
Twice every day the waves efface
Of staves and sandelled feet the trace.
- Sir Walter Scott
You can read about Lindisfarne at the island's own website, but below are just some photos ...
- Lindisfarne castle
- the Priory ... take a virtual tour of it
- Statue of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, founder of the first monastery there
- St Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne Gospels ...
- Openning page, Gospel of St. John
- St. Mark
- Incipit to the Gospel of Matthew
And last, but not least :-) ...
- Lindisfarne Mead from St.Aidan's Winery
posted by crystal | 12:55 AM
8 Comments:
Have you been there?
You're getting very medieval lately, Crystal -- which I regard as an excellent thing. Thanks for the beautiful images.
Hundreds of years from now, will we be viewed as exotics, creators of things of fascinating beauty? Oro will we be objects of ridicule? Or will there be no one left to view us at all?
One thing...I doubt that Diet Coke or Mountain Dew will have a fraction of the romantic appeal of mead. :-)
Matthew - no, I've never been there, sadly.
Liam - I've been a closet medival-phile since college where I wrote my thesis on St. Anselm :-)
Hi Susan, thanks for dropping by!
Beautiful images, Crystal. Celtic Christianity is very cool. Makes you wonder how things might have been different if the Council of Whitby had gone more their way.
Hi Jeff, yes it might have been interesting. I read that the Celtic group went back to Scotland ... strange how that country ended up being Presbyterian. My ancstors were Preesbyterian :-)
strange how that country ended up being Presbyterian.
True, but it wasn't always that easy. In the clans of the islands and the western highlands they stayed Catholic and Jacobite until the Highland Clearances.
Jeff - you've sparked my interest - I'm going to read more about that. I just know a little of Scottish history, mostly around the time of Mary (Qof S), when John Knox was powerful in the country. It was a really interesting time :-)
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