To open the Book of Kells is to cross a threshold, into a world where every letter is a labyrinth, every page a prayer, every image a portal. Created around 800 CE by Celtic monks, likely on the remote Scottish island of Iona and later brought to Kells, Ireland, this illuminated Gospel manuscript reimagines scripture as sensory revelation. Four Gospels. 680 pages. Lavish, otherworldly decoration on calfskin vellum. Gold, lapis, verdigris, carbon black. The Book of Kells doesn
