The Book of Kells : forty-eight pages and details in colour from the manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin / selected and introduced by Peter Brown
1992, 1st edition reprint. London : Thames and Hudson. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #321285
ISBN: 0500271925
Physical description: 96p ill(some col.) 26cm. Notes: Bibliography: p96. Contents: Captions to the plates -- Introduction to the Book of Kells -- Eight colour plates selected from the Preliminaries -- The continental background of Latin and learning -- The island traditions -- Forty colour plates, including enlargements of details, selected from the Gospels -- The scribes and their texts -- The illumination and the artists -- The history of the manuscript. Subjects: Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Book of Kells Illustrations. Bible. Manuscripts, Latin. N.T. Gospels. Book of Kells; Illustrations. Bible. Gospels. Book of Kells; Illustrations. New Testament. Gospels; Illustrations. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Celtic. Genre: Illustrated.
Illustrated works. Pictures.
Price: €12.95