A sumptuous volume on Ireland's revered national treasure and the world's most beautiful illuminated manuscript
Bernard Meehan is Keeper of Manuscripts at Trinity College Library, Dublin, owners of The Book of Kells and The Book of Durrow, two outstanding survivals from the early Scottish-Irish Christian world. He served on the government-appointed National Archives Advisory Council from 1987 to 1997.
'A sumptuous volume containing more than 80 pages from the
manuscript reproduced full-size and in full, ravishing colour … a
triumph of scholarly investigation and interpretation' - Financial
Times
'Each reproduction is accompanied by Bernard Meehan’s clear and
considered exegesis on one of the most complex artefacts of the
Christian tradition … If only all art historians were such
illuminating companions' - Marina Vaizey, V&A Magazine
'The value of the new edition of ‘The Book of Kells’ is not merely
in the quality of the illustrations but the lucidity of the
explanatory texts by Bernard Meehan … I bask in pride that we did
not destroy this masterpiece of European art' - Colm Tóibín
'We think we know the Book of Kells, but the plates in this bargain
of a book still take your breath away; and its author knows that
the unknowns are at least as interesting as the knowns' - Times
Literary Supplement
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