{"id":14095,"date":"2010-03-17T09:38:36","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T17:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=14095"},"modified":"2010-03-14T04:51:40","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T11:51:40","slug":"the-book-of-kells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/14095","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Kells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"420\" height=\"245\" id=\"msnbc157a12\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=29735273&#038;width=420&#038;height=245\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc157a12\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" FlashVars=\"launch=29735273&#038;width=420&#038;height=245\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"opaque\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Right now my history students are freaked out by the study guide they received this week. <\/p>\n<p>Among the many graphic design historical items listed is the Irish <em>Book of Kells,<\/em> c. 800 A.D.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Book of Kells<\/em> is the most elaborate illuminated manuscript ever created &#8211; that we know of. A brief overview can be seen in the NBC video above; its origins are the stuff of legend. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/Kells1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>book of kells resources<\/strong><br \/>\nMany different resources exist for study. A detailed history can be found on the Wiki site <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Book_of_Kells\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a> There are also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0500277907?tag=stevemehallo-20&#038;camp=213381&#038;creative=390973&#038;linkCode=as4&#038;creativeASIN=0500277907&#038;adid=0JXHVAD0P0GEDAH62TP2&#038;\" target=\"_blank\">introductory books<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liu.edu\/cwis\/cwp\/library\/sc\/kells\/kells.htm\" target=\"_blank\">official sites<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/neu\/celt\/bok\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">fan sites<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=The+Book+of+Kells&#038;ie=utf-8&#038;oe=utf-8&#038;aq=t&#038;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&#038;client=firefox-a\" target=\"_blank\">more<\/a>. The most accessible would be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookofkells.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Book of Kells on DVD<\/a>, which details every page of every folio. Preview video below:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"300\" height=\"245\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ywm9ShDO_pA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Ywm9ShDO_pA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Or<br \/>\nIf you simply want a Kells-based journal, you can snag one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturelabel.com\/Products.mvc\/Details\/217\/the-book-of-kells-evangelii\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Today Show video found via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/21134540\/vp\/29735273#29735273\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\t<div style=\"float: left; \">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-text=\"The Book of Kells\" data-url=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/14095\"  data-via=\"mehallo\">Tweet<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right now my history students are freaked out by the study guide they received this week. Among the many graphic design historical items listed is the Irish Book of Kells, c. 800 A.D. The Book of Kells is the most elaborate illuminated manuscript ever created &#8211; that we know of. A brief overview can be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,54,49,51,120],"tags":[71,126,58,123,122],"class_list":["post-14095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finds","category-design-history","category-education","category-illustration","category-typography","tag-calligraphy","tag-education","tag-graphic-design","tag-illustration","tag-typography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14095"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14211,"href":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14095\/revisions\/14211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}