DUBLIN.- The Book of Kells is widely recognised as one
of the world’s most beautiful decorated manuscripts and a masterpiece of
European medieval art, with images that are staggering in their richness,
intricacy and inventiveness.
This handsome new volume, by Bernard Meehan,
Keeper of Manuscripts at Trinity College Library, brims with fresh insights and
interpretations and features the extraordinary imagery on a generous scale. The
publication also marks the tercentenary of Trinity College Library, Dublin, one
of great historic libraries of the world.
The Book of Kells dates from around
800 AD and contains a Latin text of the four Gospels. There is great
uncertainty about its origins. It is thought that the Book of Kells was first
worked on at the monastery on the island of Iona off the west coast of
Scotland, and was continued, after Viking raids, at the monastery of Kells in
Ireland. The Book ... More
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