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- What Is The Book of Kells?
- Where and When Was The Book of Kells written?
- Why Is The Book of Kells Famous?
- How Many Artists Produced The Book of Kells?
- What Pigments Did The Book of Kells Artists use?
- How Was The Book of Kells Used in The Middle Ages?
- The History of The Book of Kells
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The Book of Kells (Trinity College Dublin MS 58) contains the four Gospels in Latin based on the Vulgate text which St Jerome completed in 384AD, intermixed with readings from the earlier Old Latin translation. The Gospel texts are prefaced by other texts, including "canon tables", or concordances of Gospel passages common to two or more of the eva...
The date and place of origin of the Book of Kells have attracted a great deal of scholarly controversy. The majority academic opinion now tends to attribute it to the scriptorium of Iona (Argyllshire), but conflicting claims have located it in Northumbria or in Pictland in eastern Scotland. A monastery founded around 561 by St Colum Cille on Iona, ...
The manuscript’s celebrity derives largely from the impact of its lavish decoration, the extent and artistry of which is incomparable. Abstract decoration and images of plant, animal and human ornament punctuate the text with the aim of glorifying Jesus’ life and message, and keeping his attributes and symbols constantly in the eye of the reader. T...
Three artists seem to have produced the major decorated pages. One of them, whose work can be seen on the Chi Rho page, was capable of ornament of such extraordinary fineness and delicacy that his skills have been likened to those of a goldsmith. Four major scribes copied the text. Each displayed characteristics and stylistic traits while working w...
A range of pigments was employed, including blue made from indigo or woad, native to northern Europe. Recent research in the Library of Trinity College Dublin has indicated that blue from lapis lazuli was probably not used in the manuscript as had previously been thought. Orpiment (yellow arsenic sulphide) was used to produce a vibrant yellow pigme...
The transcription of the text was remarkably careless, in many cases due to eye-skip, with letters and whole words omitted. Text already copied on one page (folio 218v) was repeated on folio 219r, with the words on 218v elegantly expunged by the addition of red crosses. Such carelessness, taken together with the sumptuousness of the book, have led ...
The Book of Kells seldom comes to view in the historical record. The Annals of Ulster, describing it as "the chief treasure of the western world", record that it was stolen in 1006 for its ornamental cumdach (shrine). It remained at Kells throughout the Middle Ages, venerated as the great gospel book of St Colum Cille, a relic of the saint, as indi...
Learn about the history, origin and decoration of the famous medieval manuscript containing the four Gospels in Latin. See images of the lavish pages and the exhibition at Trinity College Dublin.
The Book of Kells (Latin: Codex Cenannensis; Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. [58], sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript and Celtic Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.
Em 1661, o Book of Kells foi doado à Biblioteca do Trinity College, em Dublin, onde é mantido até os dias de hoje. A obra é considerada um tesouro nacional e uma das atrações turísticas mais populares da Irlanda. Embora não seja exibido integralmente, algumas de suas páginas são rotacionadas regularmente para exposições públicas.
Agora veja tudo sobre o Book of Kells em Dublin. História do Book of Kells em Dublin. O Book of Kells, ou em português, Livro de Kells, é uma obra-prima medieval que atrai visitantes de todo o mundo para Dublin, na Irlanda, sendo também um dos principais pontos turísticos da cidade.
See the 9th century manuscript of the four gospels, filled with ornate Latin text and illustrations, at the Old Library in Trinity College Dublin. Learn about the history and heritage of Ireland's oldest university and its iconic Long Room library chamber.
Visit the 18th-century Old Library and see the famous Book of Kells, a 9th-century gospel manuscript. Explore the exhibitions, the Treasury, the Long Room and the Trinity College campus.
