BOOK OF KELLS: UNLOCKING THE ENIGMA (HB)

A new and definitive account of one of the most famous and mysterious manuscripts in the world. The Book of Kells is distinct from all copies of the gospels from the early Middle Ages, not only in the quality and amount of its decoration but also in the peculiarities of the ordering of its contents. Scholars cannot agree on the number of scribes and artists involved; or establish the purpose of the Book; or decide whether its oddities are the result of incompetence or carelessness, and how those oddities relate to the minutely careful and deeply meaningful art.