The Book Of Kells PDF Download

Author : Ben Mackworth-Praed
Release Date : 13 August 2020
Publisher : Random House
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
Pages : 64
ISBN 13 : 9781407024257

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Book Description: The Book of Kells is the richest and most copiously illustrated book of in the Celto-Saxon style that still survives. However, despite its rarity and fame, there is little that is known about it. Reproducing over sixty of the wonderful images from the book itself, this guide describes the hidden meanings behind the illustrations and opens our eyes to the history behind them. Picking out the most interesting, beautiful and unique images from the 339 vellum leaves that comprise the book as a whole, it gives an illuminating insight into the manuscript and its creation. This book will appeal to everyone from the hundreds of thousands of people visiting the Book of Kells at Trinity College Dublin every year, to those interested in history, art, ancient artefacts or the gospels and anyone with a passion for beautiful objects.

The Book of Kells

Author : Ben Mackworth-Praed
Publisher : Random House
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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The Book of Kells is the richest and most copiously illustrated book of in the Celto-Saxon style that still survives. However, despite its rarity and fame, there is little that is known about it. Reproducing over sixty of the wonderful images from the book itself, this guide describes the hidden ...

The Book of Kells

Author : Barbara Crooker
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Genre : Poetry
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Barbara Crooker's eighth book of poetry, The Book of Kells, focuses on the illuminated medieval manuscript with a series of meditations on its various aspects, from the ink and pigments used by the scribes and illustrators to the various plants, animals, and figures depicted on its pages, including the punctuation ...

The Book of Kells

Author : R. A. MacAvoy
Publisher : Open Road Media
Genre : Fiction
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A contemporary couple journeys back in time to ancient Ireland in this delightful fantasy by the author of Tea with the Black Dragon. John Thornburn is an artist, mild-mannered and nonviolent. To make ends meet, he teaches some courses in Celtic design. And although his background is half Micmac Indian, ...

Color Your Own Book of Kells

Author : Marty Noble
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Twenty-eight full-page, ready-to-color illustrations from one of the most beautiful books of the early Middle Ages depict Celtic spirals and interlacings, celestial figures, saints, Celtic crosses, and other finely detailed elements....

The Book of Kells and the Art of Illumination

Author : Margaret M. Manion,National Gallery of Australia,Bernard Meehan
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Genre : Art
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The Book of Kells and the Art of Illumination brings together the Gospel of St. Mark from the 1200-year-old Irish masterpiece with a selection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts which demonstrate the legacy of Kells throughout the centuries, both in terms of Gospel illustration and of the illuminated book. Not ...

Word and Image in the Book of Kells

Author : Heather Pulliam
Publisher : Four Courts PressLtd
Genre : Art
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"[The Book of Kells' contains almost 2000 decorated initials, the majority of which are formed by human figures, beasts, birds and fish. This title offers an in-depth examination of the smaller decorated initials, script layout, and marginalia of this book]" -- jacket cover....

The Book of Kells

Author : Carol Farr
Publisher : London ; Toronto : British Library and University of Toronto Press
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Created between the seventh and ninth centuries AD, The Book of Kells is one of the great cultural icons of the medieval West. In the past, it has received a great deal of popular and scholarly attention, but only recently has its labyrinth of meaning and references begun to be ...

My Book of Kells Colouring Book

Author : Anonim
Publisher : O'Brien Press
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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The Book of Kells is the most famous hand-coloured book in the world. Here's your chance to colour some of the drawings as the monks did over a thousand years ago. Choose from over sixty drawings of heavenly figures, Biblical people, fantastic creatures, floral, animal and bird motifs, intricate Celtic ...

Understanding Illuminated Manscripts revised

Author : Michelle P. Brown
Publisher : Getty Publications
Genre : Art
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A standard reference in the field of manuscript studies for over twenty years, now revised and updated with full-color illustrations throughout What is a historiated initial? What are canon tables? What is a drollery? This revised edition of Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms offers definitions of the ...

Celtic Art

Author : Ruth Megaw,J. V. S. Megaw
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Genre : Art, Celtic
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First published in the UK in 1990, this lavishly illustrated survey of Celtic arts and crafts from 700 BC to 700 AD includes a discussion of the origin and identity of the Celts, the antecedents of Celtic art, and the relationship of the Celts and their art to ancient Mediterranean civilisation. Also presents ...

How the Irish Saved Civilization

Author : Thomas Cahill
Publisher : Anchor
Genre : History
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The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of ...

Exploring The Book of Kells

Author : George Otto Simms
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Book of Kells
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Simms, an authority on the Book of Kells, provides an introduction to the manuscript. One of Ireland's national treasures, the Book of Kells is shown in full color reproductions, along with information on the life and work of the monks in the monasteries of ancient Ireland....

A History of Illuminated Manuscript

Author : Christopher De Hamel
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Genre : Design
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Medieval manuscripts are counted among the greatest glories of Western civilization. With their gold and painted decoration and their charming miniatures, they have always had immense appeal, and images from them can be seen everywhere - from greeting cards and wrapping paper to expensive facsimiles. This entertaining and authoritative book ...

1641 Depositions

Author : Aidan Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Depositions
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"The 1641 Depositions are witness testimonies, mainly by Protestants, but also by some Catholics, from all social backgrounds, concerning their experiences of the 1641 Irish rebellion. The testimonies document the loss of goods, military activity, and the alleged crimes committed by the Irish insurgents. This body of material is unparalleled anywhere in ...

The Gospel According to John

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate U.S.
Genre : Bibles
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The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of ...