One of oldest and most ornate illuminated manuscripts in the world, the book was written around the year 800AD by Irish monks and contains the Latin text of the four gospels.īetween May and September, you can join student-guided tours of the campus, which include entry to the library and Book of Kells exhibition. It is probable that the illumination was begun in the late 8th century at the Irish monastery on the Scottish island of Iona and that after a Viking raid the book was taken to the monastery of Kells in County Meath, where it may have been completed in. 6 Trinity College Library, Dublin) that is a masterpiece of the ornate Hiberno-Saxon style. Non-students will have to be satisfied with wandering through the grounds and visiting the jewel in the college's crown - the 18th century Old Library, whose stunning Long Room houses 200,000 rare books including the Book of Kells. Book of Kells, illuminated gospel book (MS. You can't say that about Oxford or Cambridge.
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Steven The book is made out of fine vellum, and the skin of more than 100 young calves were used to produce this book. When we were standing in front of the book, you noticed how many folios formed the book itself. A lovely campus with an illustrious history - founded by Elizabeth I in 1592, with previous alumni including Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, and Bram Stoker - it's also slap bang in the centre of one of Europe's liveliest cities. Lauren The Book of Kells is one of the most exceptional books from the early Middle Ages. Chitkul and these 4 villages in Himachal Pradesh to do developed under ‘Vibrant Village Programme’Ī place at Dublin's university is highly sought-after, and it's not hard to see why.
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