Located in Trinity College Dublin’s Library, this world-famous medieval manuscript, penned by monks in the early 9th century, is considered Ireland’s most precious artifact. The Book of Kells, housed ...

The Book of Kells was likely to have been created 1,200 years ago in Pictish eastern Scotland, rather than on the island of Iona, according to research that challenges long-held assumptions about one ...

The Book of Kells, one of Ireland’s great treasures, is also a European cultural icon and is among our top ten tourist attractions The Book of Kells, one of the great treasures of medieval Europe, is ...

This time of year, we are inundated with images of leprechauns, rainbows, pots of gold and shamrocks. And the color green is everywhere. These visual Irish cliches are meant to evoke the spirit of ...

The text is a mysterious medieval marvel. A new book claims to know its true origin. A page from the Book of Kells, ninth century illuminated manuscript. This page shows the Virgin and child, an ...

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Rachel Moss works for Trinity College Dublin. In the past she has received funding from the Irish Research Council and Bank of America Merrill Lynch for research work relevant to this article. The ...

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I’m hoping that this year my wife, Kathy, and I will get to stand in front of the Book of Kells. Unless you’re a history or art buff or have followed the reproduction of the Bible through the ages, ...