An edition of The Book of Kells (1994)

The Book of Kells

an illustrated introduction to the manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin

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An edition of The Book of Kells (1994)

The Book of Kells

an illustrated introduction to the manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin

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The Book of Kells is the most spectacular of a group of manuscripts created in Ireland and northern Britain between the seventh and tenth centuries, a period when Irish monasticism was in the vanguard of Christian culture. Its earliest history remains controversial but it was in the keeping of the monastery of Kells, Co. Meath, for most of the Middle Ages - hence its name - and has been in the library of Trinity College Dublin, since the mid-seventeenth century.

It is a masterpiece of medieval art - a brilliantly decorated copy of the four Gospels with full-page illustrations of Christ, the Virgin and Child and the Evangelists, and a wealth of smaller decorative painting that does not always relate to the sacred text. The strange imagination displayed in the pages, the impeccable technique and the very fine state of its preservation make it an object of endless fascination.

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This edition includes the most important of the fully decorated pages plus a series of enlargements showing the almost unbelievable minuteness of the detail - spiral and interlace patterns, human and animal ornament - a combination of high seriousness and humor. Accompanying the illustrations is a new, up-to-date text by Bernard Meehan, the current Keeper of Manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin.

It provides a scholarly analysis of these exuberant inventions, the artists, the text and the writing, and a full account of the historical background to the miraculous world of the Book of Kells.

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Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Language
English
Pages
95

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-95).

Published in
New York, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
745.6/7/0941822
Library of Congress
ND3359.K4 M44 1994, ND 3359 .K4 M44 1994, ND3359.K4M44 1994, ND3359.K4 M44 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
95 p. :
Number of pages
95

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1122820M
ISBN 10
0500277907
LCCN
94060268
OCLC/WorldCat
31849655, 313673286
Library Thing
8012264
Goodreads
821190

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