Editing Lindisfarne Gospels (section)

==Campaign to relocate==
A campaign exists to have the gospels housed in the North East of England. Supporters include the [[Bishop of Durham]], [[Viz (comics)|Viz]] creator [[Simon Donald]], and the Northumbrian Association. The move is vigorously opposed by the British Library.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7306234.stm Viz creator urges gospels return] BBC News Online, 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2008-03-21</ref><ref>[http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo980402/text/80402-20.htm Hansard, see column 451] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310190009/http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.com/pa/ld199798/ldhansrd/vo980402/text/80402-20.htm |date=10 March 2012 }} Speech by the [[Bishop of Durham]] in the [[House of Lords]] in 1998. Retrieved 2009-03-25</ref> Several possible locations have been mooted, including [[Durham Cathedral]], [[Lindisfarne]] itself or one of the museums in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] or [[City of Sunderland|Sunderland]].<ref name="Echo" /> In 1971 professor Suzanne Kaufman of Rockford, Illinois, presented a facsimile copy of the Gospels to the clergy of the Island.<ref>Rockford [Illinois] Register-Star, Sunday 9-27-1970. She led the effort to donate the text after visiting Lindisfarne Island the previous year. Rockford College sponsored the fundraising for the facsimile. She was a professor of art at the college.</ref>