Europe
Book of Kells
Monks (unknown)
When it was made
c. 800 CE
How do we know this date?
The date is approximate. (approximate date)
Certainty: moderate Source: TCD
A richly illuminated Gospel book, the pinnacle of early medieval Insular art.
Facts
- Culture
- Insular monastic center
- Place of origin
- Iona / Kells, Ireland
- Where it is today
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Institution
- Trinity College Dublin
- Type
- Illuminated manuscript
- Material
- vellum
- Movement / style
- Insular art
