The Book of Kells

Stock Code:
BAD6232
Price:
$9.50

Description

The Book of Kells. Text Compiled by Ben Mackworth-Praed. The Book of Kells is the richest, most copiously illuminated, manuscript version of the four Gospels in the Celto-Saxon style that still survives. But considering its fame, it is surprising that relatively little is known about it. The original consists of 339 vellum leaves, or folios, each one disastrously cropped by a nineteenth-century bookbinder, and covered with beautifully formed, black-ink script, the initial letters picked out in brightly coloured paints and ornamented with fantastic abstract animals and human forms. This small book covers a cross section of the original Kells in full-colour plates.

Details

  • Author:
    Mackworth-Praed, Ben. (Compiler)
  • Book Condition:
    Very Good
  • Publisher:
    Studio Editions, London
  • Edition:
    First Thus
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Pictorial Hard Cover
  • Location:
    CFR6
  • ISBN:
    1858910048
  • Size:
    16mo
  • Publish Date:
    1993
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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