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The Book of Kells: \*BARGAIN FULL EDITION by Charles Gidley is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Book of Kells: \*BARGAIN FULL EDITION about?
The Book of Kells is Ireland's greatest national treasure. This late eighth century illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels is named after the monastery at Kells where it resided for most of the Middle Ages. It is currently housed in the library of Trinity College, Dublin, where it has been for the last 350 years.<br> <br> The manuscript comes out the Irish monastic tradition, which was responsible for preserving and transmitting the tradition of classical learning that had disappeared from most of Europe after the fall the Roman Empire. It is unequivocally its finest example. As it stands now, it consists of 339 vellum leaves. Some introductory pages and the last chapters from the Gospel of John had vanished when the book, stolen from the Kells Monastery in the late eleventh century, was eventually recovered. <br> <br> The unique worth of the manuscript lies in its magnificent illustrations and fascinating ornamentation. It boasts a number of full page illustrations, including the first known representation of a Madonna and Child in an illuminated manuscript, and most of the Gospel pages are adorned with delightful illuminated capitals and marginal and interlinear illustrations
Who reads The Book of Kells: \*BARGAIN FULL EDITION?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles Gidley
- Publisher
- BookBaby : Made available through hoopla
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781608637201
- Category
- nonfiction