Book Of Kells Page
The 12th century writer gerald of wales in his topographia hibernica described seeing a great gospel book in kildare which many have since assumed was the book of kells.
Book of kells page. This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by google as part of a project to make the world s books discoverable online. The work is the most famous of the medieval illuminated manuscripts for the intricacy detail and majesty of the illustrations. 800 ce is an illuminated manuscript of the four gospels of the christian new testament currently housed at trinity college dublin ireland.
The 680 individual pages 340 folios have survived and of them only two lack any form of artistic ornamentation. This book contains the harmony of the four evangelists according to jerome where for almost every page there are different designs distinguished by varied colours. The book of kells c.
It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain.