The book of kells was sent to dublin for safe keeping by charles lambert in 1653. Pdf the book of kells, trinity college dublin ms 58, is one of irelands greatest. The book of kells contains the four gospels in latin based on the vulgate text. After each page was photographed, a singlepage facsimile was prepared so the colours could be carefully. Fullsize color reproduction of the entire original document, book of kells. This decision has been made to protect the health and safety of our visitors and the university community. Open in pdf open jpg discuss this item join our email list. Book of kells around 800 monastery of iona united kingdom manuscript. Browse in full colour and high resolution our 7,000 treasures, including the full book of kells, all free. Notes tucows, inc has graciously donated a copy of this software to the internet archives tucows software archive for long term preservation and access. Meath, ireland, the book was brought there after the monastic community on iona fled raids in the early ninth century.
Since 1661, when the book of kells became part of the trinity manuscript collections, trinity. Weitere interessante beispiele aus dem book of kells konnen als faksimile im museum. Where to see a copy in kells you can view a facsimile copy in the tourist office, the church of st. The book is written on vellum prepared calfskin in a bold and expert version of the script known as insular majuscule.
This book includes an extended introduction to the book of kells, along with its historic and linguistic background and high resolution scans of the illustrations, which include many famous pages from this amazing manuscript. The book of kells is an illuminated manuscript of the four gospels. The book of kells is a 9th century irish gospel ms. The library of trinity college dublin would like to announce that the book of kells in its entirety is now viewable in the librarys new digital. This is a precautionary measure to minimise the spread of covid19. Book of kells leafing through the facsimile edition. Facsimile copy of the book of kells, with touchscreen panels replica of the kells crozier model of medieval kells digital and printed information on the boyne valley childrens activity area interactive information touchscreens kells highlights the monasterys round tower st colmcilles house the high crosses of kells the kells courthouse. The tcd online facsimile of the book of kells supports zooming in on any of the pages. The book is written on vellum prepared calfskin in a bold and expert version. Book of kells digital collections tcd trinity college dublin.
We wish to inform you that the book of kells and old library exhibition will temporarily close to visitors until further notice. The book of kells is an illuminated manuscript gospel book in latin, containing the four. Pdf the examination of the book of kells using microraman. All digital surrogates represented here have been scanned from transparencies, which were imaged by faksimile verlag. A manuscript of the gospel richly illustrated with celtic motifs and deep symbolism.