Lot 899
899
BOOK OF KELLS, The. Luzern, Faks. Vlg., (1990). 345 cold. facs. lvs. Fol. Or. goatskin over wooden brds. In or. black leather clad box with silver plated ornaments and Celtic-style gilt embossing. -- With: A. v. EUW & P. FOX, (ed.). Book of Kells. Ms. 58 Trinity College Dublin. Kommentar. Pref. Umberto Eco. Luzern, Faks. Vlg., (1990). 407 pp. W. num. ill., partly cold. & loosely inserted acetate plate. Fol. Or. h. goatskin. In black cl. slipcase. -- (2).
The Book of Kells is thought to be the ingenious work of a number of unknown gifted artists living in the monastery of Iona around the year 800. It is first mentioned in an account of a theft in the church of Kells in 1007, which describes the book as "the great Gospel Book of Columcille, the holiest relic of the western world". Soon after that the manuscript was found buried at Kells. And it would remain there until, during the reign of Cromwell, it was brought to Dublin for reasons of safety. Around the year 1661 Henry Jones, bishop of Meath, donated it to the library of Trinity College in Dublin where it is kept to today. - Complete facsimile, presenting all the leaves of the original codex. Printed in 1480 (of 1560) numb. copies, this being nr. 555.€ 4000
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