The Stonyhurst Gospel is a small Anglo-Saxon pocket gospel which belonged to Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne. The book was discovered in 1104 when Cuthbert's tomb was opened so that his relics could be translated to a new shrine behind the altar of Durham Cathedral.

At only three and a half by five inches the Stoneyhurst Gospel is one of the smallest surviving Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. The text is the Gospel of John. It was written at the monastery of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow during the abbacy of Ceolfrith . The original tooled goatskin binding is the earliest surviving binding in Europe.

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Binding of the Stonyhurst Gospels.