EditorialSaint Matthew (from the Book of Kells). The Book of Kells is one of the most famous books in the history of the world and was completed in about 800 AD. The vellum (calfskin) manuscript contains transcriptions of the four Gospels, lavishly illustrate...
EditorialSpecimens of the spiral, diagonal and zoomorphic designs in Celtic ornament, and later Anglo-Saxon ornament. Initials, ribbons and animals from illuminated manuscripts, Gospels of Lindisfarne, Book of Kells, Bibles, etc. Chromolithograph by Francis Bed...
EditorialSpecimens of the spiral, diagonal and zoomorphic designs in Celtic ornament, and later Anglo-Saxon ornament. Initials, ribbons and animals from illuminated manuscripts, Gospels of Lindisfarne, Book of Kells, Bibles, etc. Chromolithograph by Francis Bed...
EditorialSaint Matthew (from the Book of Kells). The Book of Kells is one of the most famous books in the history of the world and was completed in about 800 AD. The vellum (calfskin) manuscript contains transcriptions of the four Gospels, lavishly illustrate...
EditorialThe Kells crozier, Irish, late 9th-11th century. The core is a staff of yew wood, now cut in two. This was first encased in bronze in the late ninth or tenth century when the staff was decorated with cast knobs (or 'knops') and cross-shaped strips. Rai...