The Book of Kells, created in about 810 AD, is one of Ireland's greatest cultural treasures.
It is also the best-known manuscript in the world-famous collection of the Library of Trinity College Dublin, where it is visited by hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. Written on vellum and sumptuously decorated and illustrated, the manuscript represents the pinnacle of Celtic Christian art of the period.
The Book of Kells CD-ROM (For Macintosh G3/iMac and Windows 95/98/NT) Trinity College Library Dublin.
This multi-award winning CD-ROM provides a unique opportunity to study all the 680 pages of the Book of Kells in astonishing detail.
14 featured pages have their own audio-visual descriptions, while further guides provide a wealth of information on the history, contemporary art, techniques, materials and themes behind this great work of art and faith. Even individual illuminations within the text can be searched for - such as 39 different illuminations of birds, 16 fish and 13 serpents - as well as themes or decorated initials.