The Book of Kells and Iona

Author

Meyvaert, Paul

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art bulletin. 1989, Num. 1, Vol. 71, p. 6-19, 17 ill.

ISSN

0004-3079

Abstract (en)

No agreement exists on the place of origin of the Book of Kells (Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 58). Northumbria, Eastern Scotland, and the monastery of Hy (our Iona) have all been suggested. This article explores three new lines of argument, all leading to the island monastery of Hy. The manuscript itself contains a clue indicating that those who produced it held Saint Columba in the highest veneration; the later history of the manuscript, when it was treated as a relic of Columba, links it with Columba's foundation at Hy; some elements of the decoration may be connected with the visit to Hy of Arculf, a well-traveled Frankish bishop.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- United Kingdom
• 700-800
• Hiberno-Saxon
• MS 58 (Book of Kells)
• Trinity College, Library||Dublin (IRL)
• Columba of Iona, S., ca.521-597
• Manuscripts
• Manuscript illumination
• Great Britain
• Iona (GBR)
• Arculf, bishop, act.674-685

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- Royaume-Uni
• 700-800
• Hiberno-Saxon (art)
• MS 58 (Livre de Kells)
• Trinity College, Library||Dublin (IRL)
• Colomban d'Iona, saint, v.521-597
• Manuscrits
• Enluminure
• Grande-Bretagne
• Iona (GBR)
• Arculf, évêque, act.674-685

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00446350

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