A range of pigments was employed, including blue made from indigo or woad, native to northern europe. The book of durrow to be displayed at the british library medieval. It was created in a columban monastery in either britain or ireland and may have had. Book of kells the library of trinity college dublin. With over 2000 of the oldest books housed in this gorgeous library, plus the book of kells, the 9th century gospel manuscript, what else could you ask for. Priceless 7thcentury manuscript inspired the book of kells a century. The book of kells trinity college dublin ms 58 contains the four gospels in latin based on the vulgate text which st jerome completed in 384ad, intermixed. The book of kells and the old library exhibition dublin. Book of durrow the british library the british library. Brown, female book ownership and production in anglosaxon england. Details of an item from the british library catalogue of. The book of durrow is one of the earliest surviving gospel books in europe and preceded the book of kells.
The book of kells is an illuminated manuscript gospel book in latin, containing the four gospels of the new testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It is irelands most precious medieval artifact and is generally considered the finest surviving illuminated manuscript to have been produced in medieval europe. The book of durrow will be loaned from trinity college dublin for the british librarys anglosaxon kingdoms exhibition, opening in london in. The book of kells and trinity college had been on my must see list for years. It was created in a columban monastery in either britain or ireland and may. The book of durrow to appear in the british librarys anglosaxon. Book of durrows loaned to british library for exhibition bbc news. The book of durrow, which predates the book of kells by around 100 years, is to be loaned by trinity college to the british library for an anglosaxon exhibition. Book of kells the library of trinity college dublin trinity college.
Today, it is housed at trinity college library, dublin which usually has on. It is now less than one month until the anglosaxon kingdoms exhibition opens at the british library on 19 october. Its function and audience british library studies in medieval culture farr, carol ann on. Book of durrow is on its way to the british library the irish times. The star of the show is the book of kells, a breathtaking, illuminated manuscript of the four gospels of the new testament, created around ad 800 by monks on the scottish island of iona, but more stunning still is the 65m long room, the library s main chamber, which houses around 200,000 of the library s oldest volumes. Its function and audience british library studies in medieval culture. Kells is only forty miles from durrow, and the texts of the book of kells are close to those of durrow. At durrow, the book was considered to be a relic and it was placed in a shrine by flann sinna mac mael sechnaill, king of ireland 879916.
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