Book Of Kells Youtube

The book of kells features the four gospels in latin and is considered to be one of the world s most famous medieval manuscripts due to its lavish and ornate decoration.

Book of kells youtube. The book of kells exhibition is located at trinity college dublin in the heart of dublin and serviced by regular buses trains and trams. The book of kells was created around the year 800ad and researchers believe that it was originally produced in a monastery on the island of iona off the coast of scotland. Also known as büyülü kitap brendan et le secret de kells brendan og hemmelighedernes bog das geheim.

The book of kells latin. Some clips from our feature film the secret of kells. The book of kells was written on a type of parchment called vellum made from calfskin.

To make vellum the calf is killed and skinned. As the skin is stretched across the frame the producer scrapes the skin to create a uniform thickness. It appears to have been created by three artists and four scribes.

Around the year 750 irish monks laboring in isolation on a tiny island of iona off scotland s west coast began work on a book that would outlast empires a. When iona was attacked by vikings the surviving monks moved to a sister monastery in kells co. 58 sometimes known as the book of columba is an illuminated manuscript gospel book in latin containing the four gospels of the new testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.

It was created in a columban monastery in either scotland england or ireland and may. As the skin is stretched and scraped the parchment is soaked. An introduction to the book of kells and the beautiful film the secret of kells made by the studio cartoon saloon.