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Kells, Book of
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Kells, Book of an 8th-to 9th-cent. manuscript of the four Gospels, with prefaces, summaries and canon tables; seven charters of the abbey of Kells have been added on blank pages. It is written in Irish majuscule and has magnificent illustrations consisting of intricate patterns made up of abstract and animal forms. It was probably written at Kells in Co. Meath, the headquarters of the Columban community after the sack of Iona in 806. It was collated by
Ussher in 1621 and presented to Trinity College, Dublin, after the Restoration.
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The Book of Kells: Proceedings of a Conference at Trinity College Dublin, 6-9 September 1992.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Carolingian gospel-books. Michelle Brown...parallels between the Book of Kells and eighth- to...passage on the cult of books and book-learning in Donnchadh...background to the Book of Kells and treated in detail...decorated gospel-books. All told, this...
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THE BOOK OF KELLS FACSIMILE OF IRISH TREASURE FOR SALE.(Living Today)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/23/1990; 700+ words
; ...sell an $18,000 book? "The book really sells itself," says...done no advertising. Of the 81 books sold so far, about half were...California leads all states with 10 books purchased, followed by New...Irish descent have bought the book, too, Schaerer says, including...the new edition of the ...
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National library mounts bid to retrieve the Book of Kells
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 4/9/2000; ; 700+ words
; The Book of Kells, one of the most important works of...exhibition linking it to a new Book of Kells being devised by Scottish and Irish writers...Irish it would be unthinkable to lose the Book of Kells to Scotland but if the argument is made...
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Fed: Book of Kells exhibition to open at National Gallery
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 2/24/2000; 515 words
; ...02-24-2000 Fed: Book of Kells exhibition to open at National...adventures faced by the Book of Kells, which has survived Viking...Meehan said each of the book's 680 pages was a separate...display the the Book of Kells, but Australia's was...
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MONK FISHY; English claim THEY wrote priceless Book of Kells.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 12/7/2003; 659 words
; ...academics believe the Book of Kells is just too good, too neat...some of them really believe the Book is too good to have been written...Irish monks went over with books teaching people to read and...write in the same style of the Book of Kells now they are turning around...
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THE BOOK OF KELLS.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World of Hibernia; 6/22/1999; 700+ words
; ...of even one page of the book of kells. It is beyond description...display case of the Book of Kells is approached. Finally...know with certainty the book's origin and date of...one page of the Book of Kells. It is beyond description...
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Fed: Book of Kells goes on display in Aust next month
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 1/24/2000; 427 words
; ...Australia) 01-24-2000 Fed: Book of Kells goes on display in Aust next month...24 AAP - A volume of the Book of Kells, one of Ireland's most precious...NGA) next month. The Book of Kells, normally on permanent display at...
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Celtic artists join forces for second Book of Kells
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 3/30/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the most important books in Celtic culture, the Book of Kells, is to be re-visited...version of the Book of Kells, the work will be...She said: "The book is the supreme example...today. The Book of Kells is like Ireland's...
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'Book of Kells' facsimile on display A reproduction of the famous book can be seen at the Centerville library through April 7.
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 3/8/2007; ; 640 words
; CENTERVILLE -- It is a book befitting a great mystery...case -- now missing, the Book of Kells is considered one of the most famous books of all time. Celtic monks...around 800 A.D., the Book of Kells, written in Latin, took...
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An Irish 'Da Vinci Code'? Don't hold your breathLaser scrutiny set for Book of Kells
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 5/29/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Is the material used in Kells the same as might be used in...For a religious work, the book has a rather exciting history...his right to make copies of books, went into exile on Iona, the Scottish isle where the Book of Kells is thought to have been written...
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Book of Kells
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Book of Kells. Illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels in Latin, named after the town of Kells in County Meath, Ireland, where it was...about 800). It may have been produced at Kells, but the prevailing scholarly opinion is...
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Kells, Book of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Kells, Book of ( Trinity College Dublin MS 58 ), a...over insular script and art, the Book of Kells has attracted a great deal of scholarly...place there or (wholly or partially) at Kells, Co. Meath, where the monastic community...
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Book, Annexed, the; Book of Advertisements; of Armagh; of Common Order; of Common Prayer; of Concord; of Kells
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Book, Annexed, the; Book of Advertisements; of Armagh; of Common Order; of Common Prayer; of Concord; of Kells. See ANNEXED BOOK, THE ; ADVERTISEMENTS...BOOK OF ; CONCORD, FORMULA AND BOOK OF ; KELLS, BOOK OF .
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Kells
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Kells [ Cenlis , Kenlis , from Ir. Cenannas ]. Several towns in Ireland...Home of the celebrated treasures of early Christian Ireland, the Book of Kells and the Crozier of Kells. Although the founding date of the monastery here is not known...
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book
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
book a book is the emblem of St Anne , St Augustine...were often richly illuminated. Book of Kells an 8th-century illuminated manuscript...either in the scriptorium of Iona or at Kells in County Meath, where the community moved...
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