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I thought I would post a picture from the facsimile edition of the Book of Kells , available on new vellum, cheap at $18,000 dollars US. ( I have been trying to figure out a way to get it for our school library for several years.) Few people see this art, and it is truly beautiful.During the 8th Century,the old imagry from the ancient Irish culture was still alive, and there is a sense of it in the work. The magic of it jumps off the page, right at you.

Fol. 7v: Virgin and Child. The miniature stands at the beginning of St. Matthew's Gospel. Mary rocks the infant Jesus in her arms who turns to look at his mother. Four angels surround mother and child. Between them semi-circles filled with interlaces. The scene is framed with interlacing zoomorphic designs. This type of depiction is most rare for a Gospel Book.

Fol. 182v/183r: Embellished text page initiating the narrative on the Crucifixion according to St. Mark (15,24).

https://secure.webland.ch/faksimile/werke/frame_werke.php?l=e&nr=1

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Thanks!