a relic of St Leobinus, a bishop of Chartes who died in about 556, may be correct. The other examples are mostly in Greek or the Coptic language and contain a variety of biblical texts, especially psalters. Julian Brown concludes that the three Latin manuscripts of John "seem to attest an early medieval practice of placing a complete Gospel of St. John in a shrine, as a protective amulet; and it seems reasonable to conclude that our manuscript was placed in St. Cuthbert's coffin to protect it". Exhibitions Apart from being usually on display at the British Museum and British Library (see above), the book has been in the following exhibitions ( * denotes that there was a detailed published catalogue): 1862, Victoria & Albert Museum, Loan Exhibition 1930, Victoria & Albert Museum, Medieval English Art * 1987, Durham Cathedral Treasury, An exhibition of manuscripts brought together at Durham to celebrate the saint's 1300th anniversary and the work of his early community 1991, British Museum, The Making of England: Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600–900 * 1996, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, Treasures from the Lost Kingdom of Northumbria 1997, British Museum, The Heirs of Rome: The Shaping of Britain AD 400–900, part of the series The Transformation of the Roman World Ad 400–900 * 2003, British Library, Painted Labyrinth: The World of the Lindisfarne Gospels * 2007, British Library, Sacred: Discover What We Share 2013 Palace Green Library, Durham University, in an exhibition which also included the Lindisfarne Gospels, items from the Staffordshire Hoard, the Yates Thompson 26 Life of Cuthbert (from which several illustrations here are taken), and the gold Taplow belt buckle. 2014, Palace Green Library, Durham, Book binding from the Middle Ages to the modern day. 2018/19 British Library, Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War * 2022, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, The Lindisfarne Gospels A digital version of the manuscript was produced to run on an Apple iPad, which was exhibited in April 2012 at the British Library. See also List of most expensive books and manuscripts Notes References Avrin, Leila, Scribes, Script, and Books, revised edn. 2010 (1st edn. 1991), ALA Editions, , , google books Battiscombe, C. F. (ed), The Relics of Saint Cuthbert, Oxford University Press, 1956, including R. A. B. Mynors and R. Powell on 'The Stonyhurst Gospel' Bede, Prose Life of Saint Cuthbert, written c. 721, online English text