The Book of Kells : A Masterwork Revealed : Creators, Collaboration, and Campaigns.

The Book of Kells : A Masterwork Revealed : Creators, Collaboration, and Campaigns.

Sublime calligraphy, marvellous art, and amazing initials, have charmed and captivated the audience of the Book of Kells for over twelve hundred years. This remarkable illuminated Gospel book attracts the attention of scholars as well as those more generally interested in the fabulous artefacts of t...

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Main Author: MacGabhann, Donncha (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Book of Kells.
Book of Kells
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Celtic > Ireland.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > Ireland.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Celtic
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Ireland
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Script
  • Introduction
  • The Script in the Book of Kells
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Illumination
  • Introduction
  • The Master-Artist
  • The Eight-Circle Cross Carpet Page, f. 33r
  • The Chi-Rho page - f. 34r
  • The Liber, Initium, and In Principio pages (ff. 29r, 130r, and 292r)
  • The Scribe-Artist as Illuminator
  • Additions by the Scribe-Artist to the illumination on ff. 29r, 130r, and 292r
  • The Quoniam page, f. 188r
  • Shared Features of Kells' four Incipit pages
  • The End of the Matthew list of Hebrew Names - f. 1r
  • The damage and 'restoration' of f. 34r and related damage to f. 33r
  • The 'Portrait' of Christ, f. 32v
  • The Temptation of Jesus on the Temple, f. 202v
  • Figurative Art
  • The Programme of Illumination
  • Canon Tables
  • Introduction
  • Part I The illuminated pages of Kells' Canon Tables
  • The first opening, ff. 1v-2r
  • The fourth opening, ff. 4v-5r
  • The Grid-Framework Pages, the Canon Tables, and the Script
  • The fifth opening, ff. 5v-6r
  • Alignment and Grouping of Numerals
  • The script of the canon numerals, ff. 1v-6r
  • Part II Two Hypotheses
  • Hypothesis A - a rationale for the arrangement of the numerals as they appear in the Book of Kells
  • Hypothesis B - a rationale for the arrangement of the numerals as they may have been planned in the original campaign
  • INITIALS and Display-Lettering
  • Introduction
  • Part I Initials
  • Et-ligature - Initials and script
  • a, a, and A Initials
  • A brief summary of Kells' Initials
  • Connections between Initials and Script
  • Hairstyles and Heads on Zoo- and Anthropomorphic Initials
  • Part II Display-lettering
  • Angular display-lettering
  • Curvilinear (outlined) display-lettering
  • COLOUR
  • Introduction
  • Distribution of colour in Kells' text pages
  • Overpainting
  • Paint which is more freely applied
  • Traces of offset paint
  • Concluding Remarks
  • ASPECTS of the Second Campaign and its Later Phase
  • Introduction
  • Red dotted outlines
  • Red Triple-Dots and other features
  • Doubling of markers and other motifs
  • Triple-dots added inside initials, and elsewhere
  • Miscellaneous additional features
  • Red-over-yellow
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Excavating Kells' Text Pages
  • 6. Humour in the Book of Kells
  • 5. Mise-en-Page and Related Features
  • 4. Accents and Abbreviation Marks
  • 3. Superscripts, Subscripts, and Turn-in-Path
  • 2. Script-Related Decoration
  • 1. Textual Issues
  • Introduction
  • Epilogue
  • Appendices
  • Appendix 1A
  • Appendix 1B
  • The earliest phase of the Scribe-Artist's work in the first campaign
  • Further work from the Scribe-Artist's first campaign
  • The Scribe-Artist's work in the episodes leading up to and including the Passion (first campaign)
  • f. 34v and f. 188v
  • The Scribe-Artist's work in the second campaign
  • Appendix 1C
  • The First Campaign
  • The Second Campaign
  • Appendix 1D
  • Appendix 2A

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