Detail from The Book of Kells, folio 291v. Courtesy of Trinity College Dublin The Book of Kells is a late-eighth century illustrated copy of the four gospels of the New Testament, traditionally ...

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 ages, ...

Writing in the early 20th century, the celebrated author James Joyce noted that the Book of Kells—an illuminated manuscript depicting the four gospels of the New Testament in Latin—was "the most ...