The Book of Kells is considered the finest example of the "Insular" style of illuminated manuscripts ... characterized by their elaborate initial letters, and are often highly decorated ...

The letters themselves are the centrepiece ... Book of Kells’ original artists (Credit: Alamy) The Book of Kells isn’t the only illuminated manuscript in the so-called insular style.

National Museum of Ireland's St Gallen exhibition highlights historical links between Irish missionary and Switzerland ...

Using the scrollwork designs and microscopic detailing of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript of the Four Gospels likely dating to the early 8th century, “The Secret of Kells,” which ...

The Book of Kells is a ... the so-called Chi-Rho page in Kells which celebrates the first mention of Christ’s name in the gospels by enlarging the first two letters of his name in the Greek ...

TRINITY COLLEGE Dublin has been told the town of Kells in Co Meath “wants the Book of Kells back”. A new forum comprising local people from the medieval town yesterday started a campaign to ...

The Secret of Kells — Film Review An Irish import taking its inspiration from, of all things, the 12-century-old Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript transcribed by Celtic monks, the ...

What it tells us about the past: The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript ... are characterized by their elaborate initial letters, and are often highly decorated with fanciful ...

The letters themselves are the centrepiece ... for perforating the vellum on a number of folios. The Book of Kells isn’t the only illuminated manuscript in the so-called insular style.

The Secret of Kells has at its heart the story of the real-life Book of Kells, the illuminated manuscript created more than a millennium ago in a remote Irish abbey. The monks working on it lived ...