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A deceptively small entrance reveals a modern, incredibly spacious, well-stocked shop.
In addition to local Tourist Information a wide range of quality items are available and we hope that you will appreciate our attempt to provide a product range which complements the ambience of the museum.
Much of what is sold is not available elsewhere in the village. Indeed, several items have been made to our own specifications and are unique.
May we invite you to take a look at some of the products and tourist information on offer.
OUR BOOKS
THE STORY OF HOLY ISLAND
(Lind 31) AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Kate Tristram
A unique record, this tells the real story of Holy Island, a story as compelling and
inspiring as any of the island's many legends.
THE STORY OF HOLY ISLAND
The beautiful island of Lindisfarne is one of Britain's foremost places of
pilgrimage, attracting 650,000 visitors each year. For many it is a kind of fairy-tale
place, a world apart shrouded in myth and legend. Its spiritual qualities are there
for all to experience, yet these do not derive from some fanciful past but from
the very real lives of its people - including its saints - who have lived, worked,
struggled against the elements or invasion, and kept faith over many centuries.
Kate Thistram, a historian and an island resident, tells the remarkable story of this
captivating place and its people from its misty beginnings as part of the mainland
in the Stone Age, right up to the present day. She traces each stage of its history
including:
its formation as an island
the Roman and Anglo-Saxon eras
the influence of Columba and Iona
Aidan and his followers: Cuthbert, Cedd, Chadd
the making of the Lindisfarne Gospels
Hilda and the community at Whitby
Bede and the monastic tradition
the coming of the Vikings
Holy Island before and after the Reformation
the island in wartime
the island today
Kate Tristram studied history at the universities of Oxford and Edinburgh and is a Canon of Newcastle Cathedral.
Formerly Head of Theology at St Hild's college Durham she moved to Lindisfarne to become warden of Marygate House,
an ecumenical retreat house and in 1983 became 'Deaconess of the Parish Church of St.Mary the Virgin, Holy Island'
and one of the very first ordained female Anglican Priests. Now retired Kate continues to serve the church and community.
BIRDWATCHING ON HOLY ISLAND (2016)
(Lind 32) by Ian Kerr
For those with a real love of Holy Island and its wildlife.
BIRDWATCHING ON HOLY ISLAND (2016)
This new hardback edition replaces Ian's much more modest paperback report which was published in 2007 and which is now both out of print and outdated. With over 50 colour pictures by some of the region's finest wildlife photographers, it provides much previously unpublished information about the island and its wildlife history. It also provides full details of all 330 species of birds from many parts of the world which have occurred on the island, some as great rarities and others as regular annual visitors.
The format provides season-by-season accounts designed to help visitors make the most of their time on the island and surrounding Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve. The book has been produced by NatureGuides, a London-based company specialising in high-quality publications and digital guides for an international market. The company was founded by part-time island resident Max Whitby, one of Britain's leading wildlife cameramen whose work is in constant demand by television and film companies. His BBC Two programme about island life over the course of a year is remembered by many.
Among topics included in Ian's new publication are:
The fascinating Victorian and earlier 20th Century characters who stalked the island and flats
How old-time naturalists shot birds without causing damage to their plumage
The indiscriminate slaughter which led to the creation of the National Nature Reserve
Tales of crafty crows which can identify guns when they see them
How the famed garden designer Gertrude Jeykll used a shotgun to plant seeds
The island Stoat which developed a taste for Fulmar oil
How islanders used migrating Goldcrests to clear their homes of spiders
Ian is a retired regional journalist and Northumbria police press officer. He was an ornithological consultant for the Great North Museum - Hancock project in Newcastle and his expertise has been called upon by commercial companies planning developments which could affect local landscapes and wildlife.
His first love is Holy Island where he has been birdwatching for more than 40 years, carrying out long-term studies on species including Swallows. He and his wife bought a cottage in the village 25 years ago and spend as much time as possible on the island.
Ian has written regularly for "The Northumbrian", the county countryside magazine since its launching over 25 years ago. He provides regular feature on wildlife and other subjects for the island's monthly electronic newsletter which has a worldwide readership and for its print counterpart, "The Holy Island Times". He also provides a weekly Birdwatch column for the region's leading daily newspaper, "The Northern Echo".
THE BOOK OF KELLS
(Lind 59) AN ILLUSTRATED INTRODUCTION TO THE MANUSCRIPT IN TRINITY
COLLEGE DUBLIN by Bernard Meehan
'By far the best modern short account of one of
the great monuments of early Irish civilization ... required
reading for anyone interested in the subject' (THE IRISH
TIMES)
THE BOOK OF KELLS
The Book of Kells is the most spectacular of a group of manuscripts
created in Ireland and northern Britain between the seventh and
tenth centuries,a period when Irish monasticism was in the vanguard
of Christian culture. Its earliest history remains controversial
but it was in the keeping of the monastery of Kells, Co. Meath, for
most of the Middle Ages - hence its name - and has been in the
library of Trinity College Dublin, since the mid seventeenth
century. It is a masterpiece of medieval art - a brilliantly
decorated copy of the four Gospels with full page illustrations of
Christ, the Virgin and Child and the Evangelists, and a wealth of
smaller decorative painting that does not always relate to the
sacred text. The strange imagination displayed in the pages, the
impeccable technique and the very fine state of its preservation
make it an object of endless fascination.
This edition includes the most important of the fully decorated
pages plus a series of enlargements showing the almost unbelievable
minuteness of the detail - spiral and interlace patterns, human and
animal ornament - a combination of high seriousness and humour.
Accompanying the illustrations is a new, up to date text by Bernard
Meehan, the current Keeper of Manuscripts at Trinity College
Dublin. It provides a scholarly analysis of these exuberant
inventions, the artists, the text and the writing, and a full
account of the historical background to the miraculous world of the
Book of Kells.
With 117 illustrations, 110 in colour
Painted Labyrinth
(Lind 30) by Dr. Michelle Brown
The Lindisfarne Gospels is one of the world's greatest works of art
in book form and this new study describes the history and
production of this breathtaking artwork, as well as introducing new
findings.
Painted Labyrinth
Made around 715/20 AD at the Island's monastery its maker
was one of the greatest artists of the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic
worlds.The book discusses:
The world and faith around 700 AD
Britain and Ireland in the 7th and 8th centuries
When, where and how was the Lindisfarne Gospels produced
The text, script and calligraphy of the Lindisfarne Gospels
The Evangelist portraits
Procedures for making a medieval manuscript
What the Lindisfarne Gospels meant to its makers and to society
Michelle Brown PhD is Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at The
British Library, and author of many books and articles.
Code
Item
Description
Price (GBP)
Lind01 to Lind08
Mounted prints (unframed)
Quality prints of pages from the Lindisfarne Gospels (quote print no. - above picture)
£TBA each
Lind64
CD Rom
'Turning the Pages' - The Collection.
£TBA
Lind28
Lindisfarne Gospels (Hard Back)
History of the Lindisfarne Gospels by Dr. Michelle Brown
£TBA
Lind29
Lindisfarne Gospels (Soft back)
History of the Lindisfarne Gospels by Dr. Michelle Brown
£TBA
Lind30
Painted Labyrinth
History of the Lindisfarne Gospels by Dr. Michelle Brown
Nil Stock
Lind31
The Story of Holy Island
An illustrated history of Holy Island by Kate Tristram
£12.99
Lind32
Birdwatching on Holy Island (2016)
For those with a real love of Holy Island and its wildlife by Ian Kerr
£14.99
Lind59
Book of Kells
History of the book by Bernard Meehan
£TBA
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Marygate - Holy Island
Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 2SD
Phone/Fax: 01289 389004 manager@lindisfarnecentre.org