THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS

Information for

Cool Movers Dance Company

What are they?

• Anglo-Saxon Illuminated Manuscript of the Gospels

• Kept at Durham Cathedral

• Hand made in 700AD by monks on Lindisfarne Island

Where’s Lindisfarne?

• It’s a small island off the coast of Northumberland in north east England and it’s called Holy Island these days

What does the island look like?

More info about the book

• It’s written on vellum with quill pens

• It contains the four gospels from the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

It’s beautifully decorated• Each gospel has

lots of decorated lettering

What are Carpet Pages?

• Each of the four gospels is introduced by a fully decorated page that looks a bit like a carpet

St Matthew

St Mark St Luke

This is the one we want you to

use - the St John Carpet Page

It’s full of patterns

Your Task• Use the patterns as a starting point for your

choreography• Use the music we are sending you• Make sure that all of the patterns are included in the

dance• Put it all together so that the page ‘lives’• Be ready to show us the work in progress

Good Luck!!

PS Check out our website for more info http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/lindisfarne/overview.html

Thorpe Lea Primary School

The project in progress with Yr 5

(10 year old) children in Egham, England