tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post7697758791314580181..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: The Book of KellsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-89024789300600992592011-03-30T02:05:31.049-04:002011-03-30T02:05:31.049-04:00Singapore Airlines' in-flight magazine 'Si...Singapore Airlines' in-flight magazine 'Silver Kris' in its May 1990 issue has published an article "A Facsmile of the Past", with text by Simon Worral and photographs by Faksimile Verlag.For some reason i have kept with me the 5-page article and am still keeping it !<br /><br />It is said:<br />" ..an Irish monk named Connachtach,'eminent scribe and Abbot of Iona' as he would later be described in the Annals of Ulster, brought together a team of the finest calligraphers and book illustrators the world has ever seen.They came to Iona, a sliver of rock off the northwest coast of Scotland, from Northumberland, Constantinople, Italy and Ireland.All of them had worked on other illuminated manuscripts.But Connachtach wanted from them the most richly ornamented, sensual book that man's hand ever created, a book that would become a rainbow-bridge of light across the abyss of the Dark Ages."<br /><br />AnbazhaganAnbazhaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971820849875762942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-42052865566319681542009-03-17T22:55:00.000-04:002009-03-17T22:55:00.000-04:00I have a little "take-off" version of this book ne...I have a little "take-off" version of this book near my bed, for obvious Scots-Irish reasons. Oh my. How lucky your eyes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-85873955386030827432009-03-17T20:04:00.000-04:002009-03-17T20:04:00.000-04:00I saw two beautiful pages, too, Counterlight, but ...I saw two beautiful pages, too, Counterlight, but I don't remember having to fight my way to get a look. There was a line, but not very long. This must have been in the 1980's. I was disappointed to see only two pages. What was I thinking? That I could thumb my way leisurely through the book?June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-3371979715845869332009-03-17T03:47:00.000-04:002009-03-17T03:47:00.000-04:00I was very fortunate to see one of the volumes whi...I was very fortunate to see one of the volumes which was sent to Canberra, Australia for display in 2000. Yes beautiful.Brian Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-79957393464227896732009-03-17T02:43:00.000-04:002009-03-17T02:43:00.000-04:00A French historian (Georges Duby?) reminds us that...A French historian (Georges Duby?) reminds us that "Kaligraphy is a sign of in-culture in a way that kakography isn't ;=) <BR/><BR/>For it shows us that books were revered, but not read!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-85574660890798597002009-03-16T22:41:00.000-04:002009-03-16T22:41:00.000-04:00Beautiful...thank youBeautiful...thank youLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-13580256474748434992009-03-16T21:59:00.000-04:002009-03-16T21:59:00.000-04:00Wow! Incredible! What devotion it must have take...Wow! Incredible! What devotion it must have taken to create such a piece of religious art!Rick+https://www.blogger.com/profile/03322574092020268536noreply@blogger.com