Inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels, produced probably around the years 715–720 in the monastery at  Lindisfarne. It is richly illustrated in the insular style and were originally encased in a fine leather treasure binding covered with jewels and metals made in the 8th century. During the Viking raids on Lindisfarne, this jewelled cover was lost and a replacement was made in 1852. The text is written in insular script, and is the best documented and most complete insular manuscript of the period.