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Book of Kells

American  
[kelz] / kɛlz /

noun

  1. an illuminated manuscript (a.d. c800) in the Hiberno-Saxon style.


Book of Kells British  

noun

  1. See Kells

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Book of Kells is displayed at Trinity College Dubin where it has been kept since 1661.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

But in Dublin, along with a rugby match and the Book of Kells, my vagabond on a budget experienced something that really blew her mind: an epic meal in an iconic restaurant.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023

Also on display is a picture with a different sort of Celtic inspiration: an abstraction based on the fanciful embellishments of the Book of Kells, a ninth-century Christian manuscript probably made in Scotland or Ireland.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022

The Book of Kells and other precious artifacts will be temporarily displayed in the college’s 18th-century Printing House until an enhanced exhibition space is ready under the upgraded Long Room.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2022

The frontispiece of the "Child's History of Ireland" is a perfect copy, in full colours, of a complete page of the Book of Mac Durnan, which is almost as beautiful as the Book of Kells.

From A Reading Book in Irish History by P. W. Joyce

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