Success! British Library saves the St Cuthbert Gospel for the nation
The St Cuthbert Gospel is unique, British, and one of the great glories among books.
- Melvyn Bragg
Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of donors, the British Library has successfully purchased the St Cuthbert Gospel, a seventh-century manuscript treasure which looks the same to us today as it did to the monks who created it thirteenth centuries ago.
The Gospel will now be on show in the Sir John Ritblat Treasures Gallery. It will be displayed open for the first time at the Library, giving visitors the opportunity to see the Gospel, which looks the same today as it did to the monks who created it thirteen centuries ago.
The St Cuthbert Gospel: the Story of a Book
Simon Keynes, Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Cambridge, and Michael Sadgrove, Dean of Durham Cathedral, explain why the 7th-century St Cuthbert Gospel is one of the world's most remarkable books. Introduced by British Library curator Dr Claire Breay
Listen to the podcast here.


