The Book of Kells

by Farr, Carol Ann

• ISBN13: 9780802081575
• ISBN10: 0802081576
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

By examining the manuscript of The Book of Kells (8th or 9th century AD) in its political, social, historical, and religious contexts, Farr provides a fresh perspective on this most famous of insular illuminated texts.

Author Biography

Carol Ann Farr is a member of the Department of Art and Art History, University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	7	(2)
Preface	9	(4)
Introduction
The Book of Kells and the Insular Gospel Books	13	(2)
The Historical Background	15	(18)
The Plates	33	(138)
Gospel Manuscripts and Early Medieval Liturgies
Liturgical Functions of Gospel Manuscripts	41	(2)
The Book of Kells and its Full-Page Images	43	(1)
The Book of Kells as a Liturgical Gospel Manuscript	44	(2)
Gospel Manuscripts and the Liturgical Context: Meaning and Audience	46	(5)
Folio 202V, The Temptation of Christ
Images, Texts, and Exegesis: The Temple in Jerusalem, The Temptation of Christ, and Psalm 90	51	(1)
The Image of the Temple in Art and Literature	52	(10)
The Temptation of Christ (Luke 4.1--13), Psalm 90, and the Illustration	62	(4)
Exegesis of the Temptation of Christ and Psalm 90	66	(6)
The Figure of the Head and Body: Historic Context in Insular Exegesis and Liturgical Texts	72	(4)
The Illustration and the Liturgy	76	(1)
Luke 4.1--13 as a Lection: the Evidence	76	(1)
Early Gospel Lections	76	(4)
Decorative Structure of Luke 4.1--13 in Insular Manuscripts	80	(8)
Luke 4.1--13 as a Lection: Conclusion	88	(1)
The Liturgy of Quadragesima Sunday and the Illustration	88	(16)
Folio 114r---Arrest or Passion of Christ
Images, Texts, and Exegesis: The Prayer Pose, the Passion, and the Apocalypse	104	(5)
The Text of Matthew 26 and the Prophecy of Zechariah	109	(2)
Exegesis of Exodus, Zechariah, the Apocalypse and Matthew 26	111	(5)
The Illustration and the Liturgy	116	(1)
Matthew 26 in Early Lection Systems	116	(3)
The Decorative Structuring of Matthew 26	119	(12)
Function and Audience: Salvation in the Past, Present, and Future	131	(9)
Conclusion
Reading, Learning, Preaching: Pastoral Functions of Insular Monasteries	140	(3)
The Other Full-Page Illuminations	143	(9)
The Book of Kells as a Liturgical Gospel Book	152	(4)
Function and Audience: The Figure of Interpretation	156	(8)
Appendices
Appendix One Capitularies and Marginal Notations of Luke 4.1--13 and Matthew 26.30--31 as Liturgical Lections	164	(2)
Appendix Two Textual Articulation of Luke 4.1--13 and Matthew 26.30--31 in Gospel Manuscripts: Comparative Tables	166	(5)
Bibliography	171	(18)
Index of Manuscripts Cited	189	(1)
Index of Biblical Citations	189	(1)
Index	190