The Book of Kells

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The Book of Kells

The Book of Kells, detailed with elaborate drawings and text, is thought to have been written around 800 CE. In the last few decades, controversy over the exact origin of the Book has been strenuous; however, it is generally hypothesized that the painstaking hand copying was probably originally begun in Iona, a monastery off the west coast of Scotland. Viking invasions forced the monks to flee inland to Kells, Co. Meath where the manuscript was then completed. In the mid 17th C, the Book was moved to Dublin for safety when the Cromwellian army took over the church of Kells. Later, the Book was given to Trinity College by the bishop of Clogher where it has resided for the past 300 years.

The Book has since been bound into four separate volumes. Under strict conditions, two of these volumes can ordinarily be viewed in the Old Library of Trinity College, one opened to an embellished page, the other exposing two pages of the age-old text. Pages are routinely turned to allow for viewing of all sections of the manuscript. Careful measures are now taken to preserv...

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