Tickets go on sale for Lindisfarne Gospels Durham

<span >Tickets for this summer's unique and eagerly awaited Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition are now on sale. One of the world's greatest books and a remarkable landmark of human cultural achievement, the Lindisfarne Gospels, will go on display on 1 July 2013, in Durham University's Palace Green Library alongside some of Britain's most significant and precious Anglo-Saxons artefacts and medieval manuscripts. The on-sale date will be marked with a preview showcase of some of the pieces which will form part of the three-month festival of events celebrating the exhibition, including the specially formed Lindisfarne Community Choir, a dance piece accompanied by Northumbrian music and a scene from the comedy A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Durham by Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood. Lindisfarne Gospels Durham will be a once in a lifetime opportunity to see a selection of St Cuthbert's treasures alongside the book that was written in his honour. Artefacts in the exhibition include gold pieces, Celtic silver and amber, and stone sculpture; they have been drawn from the British Library which is lending six items in all, and from national collections, Durham Cathedral and Durham University. Housed in in Durham University's new world-class facilities in Palace Green Library in the heart of Durham's UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is the first time since the 16th century that the Anglo-Saxons treasures found in St Cuthbert's coffin are to be displayed together with the Lindisfarne Gospels book.