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Gifts book of kells gifts trinity gift shop trinity college dublin. We wish to inform you that the book of kells and old library exhibition will temporarily close to visitors until further notice. The early christian celtic people of ireland would attach strong or powerful animal spirits to their important people. The book of kells is a masterpiece of medieval art a brilliantly decorated version of the four gospels with fullpage depictions of christ, the. The work is the most famous of the medieval illuminated manuscripts for the intricacy, detail, and majesty of the illustrations. The book of kells by bernard meehan, hardcover barnes.
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