The Book of Kells: An Illustrated Introduction to the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin

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 vangaurd 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. 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 anaimal 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 Kells. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-10-2008; A Fun Must Have; There is no lack of great vivid pictures to enjoy and the book is of high quality paper. The text is brief and has a nice flow. There really isn't much more I can say that other reviewers haven't already stated other than this is one of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-30-2007; The Book of Kells: informing and illuminating; The Book of Kells is one of the most beautiful manuscripts in existence. This booklet enables those of us who are unlikely to ever see the real manuscript to feast our eyes on many of the illustrations as well as to learn a little of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-13-2007; The Book of Kells: An Illustrated Introduction; The book was just what I was expecting. Shipping was quick.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-25-2005; Darkness into Light; I was glad I had this book along with me when I went to see the real Book of Kells at the Trinity College Library in Dublin. The lines of tourists waiting to view this famous eighth century manuscript were about a quarter of a mile...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-10-2008; A Fun Must Have; There is no lack of great vivid pictures to enjoy and the book is of high quality paper. The text is brief and has a nice flow. There really isn't much more I can say that other reviewers haven't already stated other than this is one of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-16-2005; awesome pictures, horrible writing; I like how the author gives various images of the book of kells, but gets really confusing and goes all over the place while writing about it. I think a lot could be learned from this book, but the author crams so many examples into the...; read full review | report as inappropriate