Lindisfarne Gospels - Campaign To Relocate

Campaign To Relocate

A campaign exists to have the gospels housed in the North East of England, a move vigorously opposed by the British Library and condemned by international scholars. Several possible locations have been mooted, including Durham Cathedral, Lindisfarne itself or one of the museums in Newcastle upon Tyne or Sunderland. A modern facsimile copy of the Gospels is now housed in the Durham Cathedral Treasury, where it can be seen by visitors. In 2011 the British Library launched an appeal to buy the closely related St Cuthbert Gospel and said that they intended that this should be displayed in Durham for part of the time.