Introducing the Book of Kells

The world needs beauty & one of the most beautiful Gospel books in the world has been admired by Christians for over a thousand years!
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[aegyptica]

"Beauty will save the world"... Dostoevsky...

[MaximusWolfe]

I’ve got 12 tattoos from the book of Kells. I’m Irish, I’m Orthodox and I love the ancient Irish social order (the brehon order) which was so conducive to the spread of Orthodoxy in those years and centuries hitherto the ultramontanes Norman invasion.

[OkieJammer]

Trinity College, the iconic LIBRARY, the Irish Harp of Brian Boru AND The Book of Kells, all within a short walk from each other, and Dublin's St. Patrick's Cathedral and National Gallery of Ireland are nearby. Glorious!

[billweare]

My wife traveled to Ireland a couple of years ago and came home raving about the beauty of the countryside, castles and churches and especially the book of Kells she had seen at Trinity College. Now I understand why.

[suejackson]

Yes, I would love to listen to more episodes about illuminated manuscripts. Thank you so much ❤️

[borislavfilev]

Do more episodes like this, Id love to hear about more monumental christian art!

[laurahildebrand]

I watched the Secret of Kells. It is so beautiful and very neat, worth a watch.

[TiroDvD]

"The Secret of Kells" [2009] is a very beautiful animated movie that is a fictional telling of creating the book with some fantasy elements.

[randy]

I really love the illustrations in the Anglo-Saxon Junius Manuscript which contains all sorts of poems, many of which are poetic retellings of events in Church history or Scripture, like Cynewulf’s Ascension (Christ II) which is one of my favorites.

[WildCallOutdoors]

This is crazy. I’ve just been obsessing over medieval illuminated manuscripts. The Queen Mary Psalter is another beautiful one! Thank you for this video. Glory to God!

[MagdalenaIsaiah]

Our GOD did truly fill the world with beautiful things and your channel is one of them!💎

Always learning something new and wonderful from you. Thank you and than GOD for your work. Never heard of this book but now my curiosity is piqued so will look it up.

May GOD open wide the doors of all blessings to you that you may continue to be a blessing to all of us💙🙏💙✝️✝️✝️💛❤️💛

[SEKreiver]

I've been aware3 of the Book of Kells for most of my life. I finally got to view it in 2002. Gorgeous.

[wyntersynergyundignified]

I would love to learn more! I don’t know much about illuminated texts, and this seems like a rabbit hole worth going down :)

[carolemaguire]

Ilove learning about these ancient works ! Thank you

[Visibletoallusers]

I recommend to anyone who is looking to find out more on the orthodox Irish tradition of Iona and lindisfarne, read the Anglo-Saxon biography “the life of wilfrid”.
A propaganda piece yes, but it is an excellent insight on the politics surrounding religion between the Irish and Roman ways. It features many famous Irish scholars and monks of our great Lord so it’s even better!

[TiroDvD]

*Book:* a set of words to be read. "Genesis", "Wizard of Oz" are books.
*Scroll:* pages sewn together and rolled up for storage. Common toilet paper are scrolls.
*Codex:* pages bound on one side and very easy to access. School notebooks, paperbacks, and hardcovers are codices.
*Manuscript:* anything written down by hand on pages.

[hellie_el]

how unbelievably wonderful. what a terrible heartbreak that it was vandalized. ❤❤❤❤❤ thank you so much.

[aegyptica]

Thank-U... too... too.. Beautiful... Glory to God for ALL things... xxx Glory to Father... Son .. and Holy Spirit 🙏 🕯 maryOfEgypt

[kievanrus]

Yes yes, please make a video about the book from Lindesfarne. I'll watch with my son (named after St. Aidan)

[paperweight]

TRUTH, GOODNESS, & BEAUTY. We take great care to know the truth, and may even give great efforts to be "good"--but where is the effort to display beauty and form tastes for true beauty in our culture and young people today?