Color Your Own Book of Kells

by Noble, Marty

• ISBN13: 9780486418650
• ISBN10: 0486418650
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-28
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

These captivating reproductions from one of the most beautiful books of the early Middle Ages offer hours of coloring pleasure. Twenty-eight full-page reproductions of artwork depict eye-catching borders filled with Celtic spirals and interlacings, celestial figures, saints, members of the Holy Family, Celtic crosses, and other finely detailed elements. Captions.

Author Biography

One of Dover's most gifted and versatile artists, Marty Noble is the creator of over 200 Dover items, including regular and stained glass books, stickers, tattoos, stencils, CD-ROMs, and more. Marty has also expertly re-created the art for most of the "Color Your Own . . . " series. 

Table of Contents

Second half of the first canon in the Eusebian tables.
First half of the second canon in the Eusebian tables.
Second half of the second canon in the Eusebian tables.
Sixth through eighth canons in the Eusebian tables.
Virgin and Child.
Beginning of the summary of the Gospel According to Matthew.
Portrait of St. Matthew.
Matthew 1:1 (table of the descent of Christ).
Portrait, perhaps of Christ.
The Man, symbol of St. Matthew.
The Lion, symbol of St. Mark.
The Ox, symbol of St. Luke.
The Eagle, symbol of St. John.
The Arrest of Christ, Matthew 26:30.
Matthew 26:31.
Matthew 27:38 (Crucifixion).
The Man, symbol of St. Matthew.
The Lion of St. Mark in a circle above the Ox of St. Luke and the Eagle of St. John.
The Ox of St. Luke in a circle below the Eagle of St. John and the Lion of St. Mark.
The Eagle of St. John in a circle above the Lion of St. Mark and the Ox of St. Luke.
Mark 15:25.
Beginning of the Gospel According to Luke.
The Temptation.
Luke 4:1.
Luke 23:56 - 24:1.
Portrait of St. John.
John 1:1.
Symbols of the four Evangelists.