What it is: An illuminated manuscript of the four Christian gospels, made in the ninth century Where it is from: The island of Iona in Scotland's Inner Hebrides When it was made: About 1,200 years ago ...

Trinity College Dublin has announced The Book of Kells Experience, a new immersive exhibition that will digitally transport visitors into the illuminated pages of the 9th-century manuscript and the ...

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 ...

The Red Pavilion, the newest part of the Book of Kells Experience in Dublin. Photo Credit: Nadine Godwin Since January, Dublin's Trinity College has expanded the typical Book of Kells visit to include ...

Monks created an illuminated Bible of astonishing beauty sometime between the 6th and 8th centuries. It’s one of the most cherished masterpieces in Ireland, writes Martha Kearney. One summer a few ...

Writing in the early 20th century, the celebrated author James Joyce noted that the Book of Kells – an illuminated manuscript depicting the four gospels of the New Testament in Latin – was “the most ...

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 ...

Handwriting a bible makes no sense in the 21st century. Far easier to pick a computer-generated font, scan the text and electronically transmit it to a printer, who'll turn out thousands of copies in ...

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 ...