The Book of Kells and The Art of Illumination
Exhibition
25 Feb – 7 May 2000
25 Feb – 7 May 2000
About
Ireland's greatest national treasure, produced by Irish monks in about 800AD, is one of the most splendid illuminated manuscripts in European art. The Gospel books are interspersed with large illuminated pages, and through the text pages runs the constant coloured arabesque of animated initials and representations of fantastic elongated beasts.