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Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels - likely by Eadfrith of Lindisfarne (715-20) (upload.wikimedia.org)
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Soot ink and various paints on vellum.

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[โ€“] starship_lizard@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Such beautiful craftsmanship and attention to detail! I wonder how long they spent on it.

[โ€“] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Going from my wild uneducated guess (Wikipedia) it looks like about 5 years... and potentially 1 artist. Then again they lived on a solitary island doing nothing else, apart from the occasional shelter from viking raids.