Description: You are bidding on a gently used softcover booklet titled “The Book of Kells—A Selection of Pages Reproduced with a Description and notes by G. O. Simms.” © 1976 (1979 pr); The Dolmen Press/Humanities Press. 32 pages, staple-bound, very good condition (original UK price sticker remains on front cover). From back cover: ”The Book of Kells, one of Ireland's greatest treasures, has been in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, for about three hundred years and is recognised as one of the greatest illuminated manuscripts ever produced. Written in the Monastery of Kells in the early ninth century, it consists basically of the four Gospels in Latin, using a most skillfully composed uncial and covering 340 leaves of vellum. In this short description, some of the major pages and a selection of some of the finest illuminated initial letters are reproduced; and the text by Dr. Simms forms an introductory guide to the manuscript.” If you have any questions please ask! Please read the following before bidding. Shipment to US addresses only.
Price: 3.5 USD
Location: Morro Bay, California
End Time: 2025-01-25T22:26:30.000Z
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Publication Year: 1979
Format: staple-bound, softcover
Language: English
Book Title: The Book of Kells
Author: G. O. Simms
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Illustrated
Publisher: The Dolmen Press/Humanities Press
Genre: Ancient Literature
Topic: Religious History, Religious Art, Religion
