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Title: The Book of Kells: Selected Plates in Full Color by Blanche Cirker, Blumette Cirker ISBN: 0-486-24345-1 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Worth the money but it could have been so much more
Comment: This book of color plates seems amazing, and almost is. However, the quality of the plates falls short of the mark. The colors are dull and faded, and the image resolution far lower than it should be. The Chi Rho page, probably the most beautiful page in the Book of Kells, shows almost none of the amazingly minute detail that it should. Other books--like the Thames & Hudson--show far more detail with more vivid colors than this. On the other hand, this book has larger pages than others, which is nice.

Rating: 5
Summary: transcends time & religion
Comment: 32 full color plates from one of the world's greatest books. Although it is Christian art, the Kells reflects centuries of preChristian style & mystery in its bestiary of cats & dragons, its peacock feathers, poses & intertwining lines. There is something in this art that transcends time & religion. The price is a bargain.

Bob Rixon

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