Many images draw on Celtic motifs and ideas the artists would have seen in day to day life. It is apparent that some of the art is influenced by styles of Byzantium and Egypt how the artists came to know of these is not known. The smaller details - hyphens in the forms of running dogs, birds, and fish twine around borders, plants swirling around words and images, geometric and organic designs marking letters and passages of text - are equally intriguing. There are full page portraits of the four evangelists, scenes from the text, and full page first letters in some sections. The art work is what makes the Book of Kells famous, Irish, and unique. It’s in Latin, mainly from a version of the gospels by Saint Jerome with some portions drawing on Irish sources and a few of the miscellaneous pieces in Irish. It is the text of the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, along with some concordances and miscellaneous documents. These are aspects which often twine around and through and with each other, as well. There are three aspects of the Book of Kells which endure and reach across differing backgrounds,: creativity, spirituality, and mystery. Well into its second thousand years now, why does this manuscript hold fascination for historians, artists, travelers from across the world? Each person pays the fee, walks up the stairs to the Old Library, explores the exhibits, and often waits to view the one to three pages from the actual manuscript offered for view at any given time. Many of them come to TCD to see the Book of Kells. Where the book lives in the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin is quiet now.įolk from all over the world visit Dublin during the course of a year.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |