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Book of Kells
Title- The name of the book in American English
Book of Kells
Text Type Source - The name of the document volume or collection
Latin Vulgate with some Old Latin readings
Traditional Source -
Iona, Scotland
Thesis -The nomenclature of the books (scrolls) in English or as found in other sources.
4 Books of the Holy Gospels and some fragmentary lists
Description-
Source Text: Primarily the Vulgate (Jerome's 5th century Latin translation) with influences from earlier Old Latin texts.
Contents: The Four Gospels, Eusebian Canon Tables, Breves Causae (summaries), and Argumenta (short biographies of the evangelists).
Script Type: Insular majuscule (or Insular half-uncial), a script originating in Irish monasteries.
Layout: The text is frequently interrupted by elaborate, stylized decoration, making it a masterpiece of Insular illumination. A future English translation (1611) would be based on a contemporary set of books under the name Codex Basilensis from the 8th-12th centuries.
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