This edition reproduces the most important of the fully decorated pages plus a series of enlargements showing the almost unbelievable minuteness of the detail; spiral and interlaced patterns, human and animal ornament - a combination of high seriousness and humour. Accompanying the illustrations is a new text by Bernard Meehan, the Keeper of ...
Brilliant color reproductions highlight this investigation into the creation and meaning of an ancient Irish illuminated manuscript--the seventh-century predecessor to the Book of Kells. An unusual and welcome gift for anyone interested in the history of the Emerald Isle. 30 color plates.
The Book of Kells is a spectacular group of manuscripts created in Ireland and northern Britain between the 7th and 10th centuries, a period when Irish monasticism was in the vanguard of Christian culture. Its earliest history remains controversial, but it was in the keeping of the monastery of Kells, Co. Meath, for most of the Middle Ages - hence ...
The Book of Kells and the Art of Illumination brings together the Gospel of St. Mark from the 1200-year-old Irish masterpiece with a selection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts which demonstrate the legacy of Kells throughout the centuries, both in terms of Gospel illustration and of the illuminated book. Not only does the Book of Kells ...
A comprehensive compendium, bringing together in one convenient source the many statutes, orders in council and proclamations that make up Canada's Constitution. This softcover volume contains a current consolidation of the Constitution Act, 1867 and the Constitution Act, 1982, as well as the full text of all relevant constitutional documents, ...
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