Experts think the Book of Kells was created on Iona in this manner in about A.D. 800 by monks devoted to the sixth-century Irish missionary St Columba, who is credited with spreading Christianity ...

Rachel Moss works for Trinity College Dublin. In the past she has received funding from the Irish Research Council and Bank of America Merrill Lynch for research work relevant to this article.

I’m hoping that this year my wife, Kathy, and I will get to stand in front of the Book of Kells. Unless you’re a history or art buff or have followed the reproduction of the Bible through the ...

What it tells us about the past: The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript — a handwritten and heavily illustrated document ornamented with paints made from gold and silver.