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The Lindisfarne Gospels
The history of one of the most beautiful books in Britain, written and decorated in the 7th Century by a monk called Eadfrith.
"It's an absolute whirl of interlacing colours and designs" says Janet Backhouse, curator of illuminated manuscripts at the British Library.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Archive
This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project