Book of Kells

Name: Book of Kells
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ISBN: 9780500238943

ISBN-10: 0500238944

ISBN-13: 9780500238943

Edition: 2012

Authors: Bernard Meehan

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One of the most remarkable manuscripts to survive from the early Middle Ages inEurope, the Book of Kells was probably painted around 800 in a monastery at Iona inScotland or Kells in Ireland, or perhaps in both places. Extraordinarily inventive andintricate imagery accompanies the texts of the four Gospels: full-page depictions ofEvangelists and their symbols, lavish honorific openings to the Gospels, extraordinaryinitials, and decoration that combines complex interlace, animals, and human figures.This newly photographed book explores the Book of Kells through its historicalbackground; a display of the elements of the book at their actual size; the spectacularopenings of the texts that…

Book details

List price: $99.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 11/15/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 10.40" wide x 13.30" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.496

Bernard Meehan is Head of Research Collections and Keeper of Manuscripts at Trinity College Library, Dublin,owners of the Book of Kells.