The Book of Kells: Was it made in Easter Ross?
25 March, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye & online: free

The Book of Kells is often called the world’s most famous manuscript, but its origins are shrouded in mystery. Dr Victoria Whitworth challenges the consensus that the Book was made in the island of Iona, making a case instead for the Pictish monastery of Portmahomack.

https://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/seiminear-rannsachaidh-dr-victoria-whitworth/?lang=en

#Scottish #Irish #literature #earlymedieval #arthistory #bookhistory #BookofKells #CelticStudies

Book of Kells: exploring the evidence that points to Pictish origins in north-east Scotland

While we know the manuscript spent at least 650 years at Kells, we do not know where it started its life. Now a new book offers some clues as to its provenance.

The Conversation
New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic

Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are Pictish

The Guardian

#history #BookOfKells #Picts #Iona
#Scotland

The Picts were great artists, producing highly sophisticated Christian sculpture, but it has generally been accepted that not a single Pictish manuscript survives. If the Book of Kells was made in Pictland, this rewrites our understanding of early medieval Scotland.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/26/new-research-may-rewrite-origins-of-the-book-of-kells-says-academic

New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic

Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are Pictish

The Guardian

‘Her research has led her to conclude that a monastery in Portmahomack, Easter Ross, north-east of Inverness, is “the most likely place for it to have been made”.’

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/26/new-research-may-rewrite-origins-of-the-book-of-kells-says-academic

#BookOfKells #Portmahomack #Manuscripts #Art #Christianity

New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic

Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are Pictish

The Guardian
Book of Kells: Ireland's Medieval Treasure - Medievalists.net

It is considered by many to be the most beautiful book created in the Middle Ages, perhaps the most beautiful book ever made.

Medievalists.net
Je me suis décidée : j'aime ce motif, je vais le continuer petit à petit ! Ce design est d'ailleurs inspiré d'un motif que j'ai trouvé en farfouillant un peu dans des images du livre de Kells.
I made up my mind, I like this pattern and I'll keep going little by little. This pattern, by the way, is inspired by a pattern I found in the book of Kells
#embroidery #Cloak #FiberArts #EmbroidersOfMastodon #wool #CelticKnots #BookOfKells #broderie #ArtsDeLaFibre #Laine #LivreDeKells

Interesting facts #199 ~ The Book of Kells…

The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript — a handwritten and heavily illustrated document ornamented with paints made from gold and silver... continue reading at Live Science... #interestingfacts #bookofkells #history

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/interesting-facts-199-the-book-of-kells/

Interesting facts #199 ~ The Book of Kells…

The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript — a handwritten and heavily illustrated document ornamented with paints made from gold and silver… continue reading at Live Science… …

for much deliberation

Un ajout récent à ma collection partagée autour des entrelacs : le Liber Ludorum, un jeu de cartes illustrées à la main par Ian Cumpstey inspiré par l'enluminure insulaire et ses manuscrits du début du Moyen-Âge. Superbe travail !

https://www.entrelacs.art/createurs-contemporains/skadipress-jeu-cartes-enluminure-insulaire/

#InterlaceArt #BookOfKells #ArtMédiéval #entrelacs