The text is a mysterious medieval marvel. A new book claims to know its true origin. A page from the Book of Kells, ninth century illuminated manuscript. This page shows the Virgin and child, an ...
Detail from The Book of Kells, folio 291v. Courtesy of Trinity College Dublin The Book of Kells is a late-eighth century illustrated copy of the four gospels of the New Testament, traditionally ...
Writing in the early 20th century, the celebrated author James Joyce noted that the Book of Kells – an illuminated manuscript depicting the four gospels of the New Testament in Latin – was “the most ...
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