The university library contains many illuminated manuscripts, including the famous Book of Kells.
The Book of Kells, Codex Cenannensis to paleographers, was probably produced at Iona around 800.
The Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Kells are its most famous landmarks.
(Also, like Joyce, the Book of Kells has appeared on currency).
The Book of Kells became famous in the nineteenth century, during the Celtic revival.
Among those included are the Book of Kells and the Hengwrt Chaucer.
These scribal doodles eventually became elaborate design elements, leading the way to Irish masterpieces like the Book of Kells.
At Ceanannus Mór (formerly Kells), the Book of Kells (c. 800) may have been inscribed and illuminated.
The Book of Kells escaped looters numerous times, but it lost pages, covers and a gold slipcase along the way.
"The Secret of Kells," directed by Tomm Moore, concerns the Book of Kells, a medieval illuminated manuscript that ranks among the most important artifacts of Irish civilization.
"The Book of Kells," by the Dublin curator Bernard Meehan, is based on recent research into different scribes' handwriting and occasional typos.
