O ne of the most remarkable achievements of the medieval world is an illuminated manuscript known as the Book of Kells.

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Trinity Library in Dublin preserves Ireland’s rarest texts and artifacts, including the Book of Kells and the 1916 ...

It should be explained at the outset that here ‘manuscripts’ means medieval illuminated manuscripts ... Intriguingly, only one chapter is devoted to a true celebrity, the Book of Kells, while other ...

Caoimhe Ní Ghormáin, Curator, Manuscripts and Archives, the Library of Trinity College Dublin, added: “'The Book of Leinster' provides us with an unparalleled snapshot of the Middle Ages in ...

It belongs with [the books of] Kells and Durrow ... the same as the manuscripts and the people went on, so that’s what we’re trying to get across.” A Latin grammar book, whose margins ...

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Having opened its doors to the public in January 2024, the Book of Kells Experience – the Red Pavilion is a single-story building in New Square. Home to the Book of Kells Experience exhibition, the ...