Cornwall’s earliest book will feature in the 2017 edition of a prestigious Cornish lecture series.

On Tuesday, April 18 at 7.30pm, Professor Michelle Brown, a lay canon at Truro Cathedral, will be giving this year’s Benson Lecture in the cathedral.

In it she will consider the forms in which the Celtic and Anglo-Saxon peoples of Britain first encountered the Bible, the beautiful copies of it that they produced - such as the Bodmin Gospels, Cornwall’s earliest book) - and the impact its teachings exerted upon society.

Michelle, who lives in Cornwall, is Professor of Medieval Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.