A page from the Book of Kells, ninth century illuminated manuscript. This page shows the Virgin and child, an unusual motif in northwestern Europe at that time.
2025-12-19 2145词 晦涩
Held at Trinity College Dublin, the Book of Kells draws hundreds of thousands of visitors yearly, equally interested in its intricately rendered pages as they are in its mysterious history. Before the Book of Kells was relocated to Dublin in the 17th century, it was held at a monastery at Kells, in County Meath, on the eastern side of Ireland, where it stayed for centuries. Despite its name, it wasn’t made at Kells. The tantalizing question is where it was made, a debate that has recently been reopen by Victoria Whitworth, author of the recently released The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma.
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