The Book of Kells : A Masterwork Revealed: Creators, Collaboration, and Campaigns.
MacGabhann, Donncha.
2022
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Title The Book of Kells : A Masterwork Revealed: Creators, Collaboration, and Campaigns.
Author MacGabhann, Donncha.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9789464261240
9789464261226
Published Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2022.
Copyright ©2022.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (326 pages).
Dewey Decimal Classification 091.09415
Summary Sublime calligraphy, marvellous art, and amazing initials, have charmed and captivated the audience of the Book of Kells for over twelve hundred years. This remarkable illuminated Gospel book attracts the attention of scholars as well as those more generally interested in the fabulous artefacts of the past. Everybody knows it was made by an extensive team of scribes and artists. Donncha MacGabhann knew that too. However, he was certain that a thorough examination could clearly identify the various contributions of its creators. His life and work as an artist and teacher inspired the belief that a close visual study could solve some of its enduring puzzles. The deeper he delved, the more he was convinced that Kells is entirely the work of two individuals. This evolved into a novel paradigm through which he came to know and understand the manuscript. Following years of meticulous research, this book tells the story of Kells' two Masters and their collaboration to create a Gospel book of unprecedented magnificence. Most poignantly, it reveals the struggle of the lone survivor of the two-man team to attempt the completion of their magnum opus. The most important outcomes of this book go far beyond the simple attribution of work to different hands. Much more significantly, it affords insights into the imagination which inspired its creators, especially the unique vision of Kells' great Scribe-Artist. Collectively, these new perspectives reveal a previously unknown 'Book of Kells,' one which, as it were, has remained hidden in plain sight. Challenging long-held theories is no small matter, and in doing so this radical study attempts to be comprehensive. The abundance of evidence may at times seem extravagant in its detail, for both specialists and non-specialists. The reader is therefore encouraged to find their own path in exploring The Book of Kells
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Intro
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Script
Introduction
The Script in the Book of Kells
Concluding Remarks
Illumination
Introduction
The Master-Artist
The Eight-Circle Cross Carpet Page, f. 33r
The Chi-Rho page - f. 34r
The Liber, Initium, and In Principio pages (ff. 29r, 130r, and 292r)
The Scribe-Artist as Illuminator
Additions by the Scribe-Artist to the illumination on ff. 29r, 130r, and 292r
The Quoniam page, f. 188r
Shared Features of Kells' four Incipit pages
The End of the Matthew list of Hebrew Names - f. 1r
The damage and 'restoration' of f. 34r and related damage to f. 33r
The 'Portrait' of Christ, f. 32v
The Temptation of Jesus on the Temple, f. 202v
Figurative Art
The Programme of Illumination
Canon Tables
Introduction
Part I The illuminated pages of Kells' Canon Tables
The first opening, ff. 1v-2r
The fourth opening, ff. 4v-5r
The Grid-Framework Pages, the Canon Tables, and the Script
The fifth opening, ff. 5v-6r
Alignment and Grouping of Numerals
The script of the canon numerals, ff. 1v-6r
Part II Two Hypotheses
Hypothesis A - a rationale for the arrangement of the numerals as they appear in the Book of Kells
Hypothesis B - a rationale for the arrangement of the numerals as they may have been planned in the original campaign
INITIALS and Display-Lettering
Introduction
Part I Initials
Et-ligature - Initials and script
a, a, and A Initials
A brief summary of Kells' Initials
Connections between Initials and Script
Hairstyles and Heads on Zoo- and Anthropomorphic Initials
Part II Display-lettering
Angular display-lettering
Curvilinear (outlined) display-lettering
COLOUR
Introduction
Distribution of colour in Kells' text pages
Overpainting
Paint which is more freely applied.

Traces of offset paint
Concluding Remarks
ASPECTS of the Second Campaign and its Later Phase
Introduction
Red dotted outlines
Red Triple-Dots and other features
Doubling of markers and other motifs
Triple-dots added inside initials, and elsewhere
Miscellaneous additional features
Red-over-yellow
Concluding Remarks
Excavating Kells' Text Pages
6. Humour in the Book of Kells
5. Mise-en-Page and Related Features
4. Accents and Abbreviation Marks
3. Superscripts, Subscripts, and Turn-in-Path
2. Script-Related Decoration
1. Textual Issues
Introduction
Epilogue
Appendices
Appendix 1A
Appendix 1B
The earliest phase of the Scribe-Artist's work in the first campaign
Further work from the Scribe-Artist's first campaign
The Scribe-Artist's work in the episodes leading up to and including the Passion (first campaign)
f. 34v and f. 188v
The Scribe-Artist's work in the second campaign
Appendix 1C
The First Campaign
The Second Campaign
Appendix 1D
Appendix 2A
Appendix 2B
Matthew, Evangelist Symbols page, f. 27v
Matthew 'Portrait' page, f. 28v
John 'Portrait' page, f. 291v
Virgin and Child page, f. 7v
The so-called 'Arrest of Christ' page, f. 114r
Tunc dicit illis Ihs page, f. 114v
Nativitas Christi page, f. 8r
Iesus autem plenus Sps Sco page, f. 203r
Una autem sabbati page, f. 285r
Final page of Mark's gospel, f. 187v
Mark, Evangelist Symbols page, f. 129v
John, Evangelist Symbols page, f. 290v
Matthew, Genealogy, ff. 29v-31v
Argumenta and Capitula incipits, ff. 12r-24r
Luke, Genealogy, ff. 200r-202r
Tunc Crucifixerant Christi page, f. 124r
Erat autem hora tercia page, f. 183r
Appendix 2C
Appendix 3A
The second opening - ff. 2v-3r
The third opening - ff. 3v-4r
Appendix 3B
Appendix 3C
Appendix 4A.

Appendix 4B
Appendix 5
Bibliography
Index of Manuscripts Cited
General Index
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