e Car Rental Dublin - The Book of Kells

The book of Kells is housed in the Trinity Library, and each day a different page is displayed. This impressive bible was composed by monks and is the finest example of hand written copies of the bible still in existence today.

The Book is a illuminated gospel book which is a magnum opus of the Hiberno-Saxon style. It is most likely that the book dates back to the 8th Century, and after a Viking Raid the book was taken from an Irish Monastery on the Scottish Island of Iona. After this raid the book was taken to the Monastery of Kells in Co. Meath where experts think the book was completed..

The Hiberno-Saxon style is the result a combined style shared between the Hibernian and the Saxons. In 635 Irish Monks sailed to England taking with them a number of ancient Celtic scrolls which contained advanced decoration in the form of 'trumpet' and a double curve, or shield, motif known as a pelta. These features can also be seen in metalwork and Irish manuscripts.

The Saxon style of art was similar, but yet differed. Saxon calligraphy is characterized by elaborate zoomorphic interlace.The Hiberno-Saxon Style is a combination of both styles and traditions.