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Book of Kells

American  
[kelz] / kɛlz /

noun

  1. an illuminated manuscript (a.d. c800) in the Hiberno-Saxon style.


Book of Kells British  

noun

  1. See Kells

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The Book of Kells is displayed at Trinity College Dubin where it has been kept since 1661.

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Medieval monks in Easter Ross - and not the tiny island of Iona - may have created the intricately decorated 1,200-year-old Book of Kells, according to researchers.

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"Incredible gospel books were definitely produced at Portmahomack and Thomas Keyes's experiment could bring us closer to knowing whether the Book of Kells was one of them."

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News broke that Trinity had demanded a heavy sum from the student union after protests had blocked tourist access to the Book of Kells, a major attraction for paying visitors.

From New York Times

"On the sides is a spiral pattern recognisable from the Book of Kells or Lindisfarne Gospel," she said.

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