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In principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus. the OE gloss reads: in prima fryma vaes uord & uord that is godes sunu vaes mid god fader The Lindisfarne Gospels, one of the most magnificent manuscripts of the early Middle Ages, was written and decorated at the end of the 7th century by the monk Eadfrith, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne in 698 and died in 721. The Latin text of the Gospels is translated word by word in an Old English gloss, the earliest surviving example of the Gospel text in any form of the English language, it was added between the lines in the mid 10th century by Aldred, Provost of Chester-le-Street. http://betterbibles.com/2007/02/28/lindisfarne-gospels-1/

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In principio erat Verbum et Verbum erat apud Deum et Deus.

the OE gloss reads: in prima fryma vaes uord & uord that is godes sunu vaes mid god fader

The Lindisfarne Gospels, one of the most magnificent manuscripts of the early Middle Ages, was written and decorated at the end of the 7th century by the monk Eadfrith, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne in 698 and died in 721. The Latin text of the Gospels is translated word by word in an Old English gloss, the earliest surviving example of the Gospel text in any form of the English language, it was added between the lines in the mid 10th century by Aldred, Provost of Chester-le-Street.

http://betterbibles.com/2007/02/28/lindisfarne-gospels-1/

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