Eadfrith of Lindisfarne

Eadfrith was bishop of Lindisfarne, the island monastery off the Northumbrian coast, probably from 698 until his death in 721. A note added to the Lindisfarne Gospels in the 10th century names him as its scribe and artist, making him one of the few named makers of early medieval art. The book appears to be the work of a single hand, blending Celtic knotwork, Anglo-Saxon animal ornament and Mediterranean figures. Some historians think he commissioned it rather than made it himself.