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 ...

is this week publishing a new official guide to the Book of Kells. Today, the great 680-page illuminated manuscript itself (now divided into four volumes) is owned by Trinity College, Dublin.

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 ...

I own two volumes devoted to the affectionate letters ... “The Book of Kells,” “The Lindisfarne Gospels” and “The Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry” are not just illuminated ...

The poor scribes of yore who were spiritual calligraphers and illuminators of Ireland's most famous book, many housed in Trinity College Dublin, the monks and scholars of Ireland. Ah, June!

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.