Abstract:
For our group project, we researched the Irish manuscript, the Book of Kells. We explored the step-by-step processes involved in creating a manuscript: making the vellum, inks, how the script and illuminations were applied to the pages, and how the pages were bound together. We also studied the history specific to the Book of Kells and the images represented within it. This includes the types of illuminations, such as the four evangelists and what the Book of Kells has gone through. Our group even discovered science behind the manuscript, like what materials the inks were composed of, and even a theory as to how the monks were able to create such precise detail within their illuminations. Although the old and delicate manuscript disappeared at one point in time, it is back in the hands of people who are willing to preserve it. We hope that you enjoy viewing our video as much as we enjoyed learning all of this information about the Book of Kells.

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