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Colloquial name(s): The Book of Kells
Official name(s): Trinity College Dublin MS 58
Date: 9th Century (source)
Origin: scriptorium of the monastery on Iona (source)
Online facsimile available via: Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections
This stunning and world-famous book is now available online in full facsimile(!). It contains the four Gospels in Latin based on the Vulgate text completed by St. Jerome in 383 AD, prefaced by other texts including 'canon tables', summaries of the gospel narratives (Breves causea) and prefaces characterising the evangelists (Argumenta) (source).
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