CreatorColumban scriptorium

Place of OriginColumban foundation on Iona, off Mull in western Scotland and possibly completed at Kells, Co Meath

Datec. 800AD

DescriptionThe Book of Kells is the most lavishly decorated of the insular Gospel books produced between the 7th and 9th centuries. The manuscript contains the Latin text of the four Gospels, written in insular majuscule script. The decoration includes narrative scenes from the life of Christ, symbols and portraits of the four evangelists, carpet pages and decorated words. There are 340 folios.

TagsBook of Kells; Bible; Gospels; Celtic; Illumination; Manuscripts

Dimensionsc. 330mm x c. 255mm

Material/MediumVellum; ink; pigments

Institutional Link to Objecthttp://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/home/index.php?DRIS_ID=MS58_003v

Image Licensehttps://www.tcd.ie/library/

Image Rights Holder© The Board of Trinity College Dublin