Kells, County Meath
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Kells is a town in County Meath, Ireland. The town lies off the M3 motorway, 16 km from Navan and 65 km from Dublin. Along with other towns in County Meath, it is within the commuter belt for Dublin,
St Columba's Church of Ireland, Kells
Folio 34r of the Book of Kells is illustrated with the Chi Rho monogram
Abbey of Kells, Kells Round Tower dates from the 10th century
Book of Kells
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The Book of Kells is an illustrated manuscript and Celtic Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created in a C
Kells, County Meath
…within the commuter belt for Dublin, and had a population of 6,608 as of the 2022 census. It is best known as the site of Kells Abbey, from which the Book of Kells takes its name. The town is in a civil parish of the same name. The settlement was originally known by the Irish name Cenannus, later Ceannanas or…
Christ enthroned.
The Book of Kells, (folio 292r), circa 800, showing the lavishly decorated text that opens the Gospel of John
Folio 27r from the Lindisfarne Gospels contains the incipit Liber generationis of the Gospel of Matthew. Compare this page with the corresponding page from the Book of Kells (see here), especially the form of the Lib monogram.
Folio 27v contains the symbols of the Four Evangelists (clockwise from top left): an angel (Matthew), a lion (Mark), an eagle (John) and an ox (Luke)