The Lindisfarne Gospels, which has survived virtually intact, contains 258 folios with four evangelist portraits,5 carpet pages& numerous pages with decorative initials. The miniaturist was Eadfrith,bishop of Lindisfarne (died 721).The Latin text has been translated into Anglo-Saxon in additions written between the lines.The full-page portrait of the evangelist St. Mark is depicted on folio 93v. 340 x 245 mm