The Book of Kells and Iona
Paul Meyvaert
No agreement exists on the place of origin Book Kells: Northumbria, Eastern Scotland, and monastery Hy (our Iona) have all been suggested. This article explores three new lines argument, leading to island Hy. The manuscript itself contains a clue indicating that those who produced it held Saint Columba in highest veneration; later history manuscript, when was treated as relic Columba, links with Columba's foundation at Hy; some elements decoration may be connected visit Arculf, well-traveled Frankish bishop.
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