What is Book of Kells?
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox medieval text | name = The Book of Kells | alternative title(s) = Codex Cenannensis<br>Leabhar Cheanannais | image = KellsFol032vChristEnthroned.jpg | width = | caption = Christ enthroned. | full title = | also known as = ''Book of Columba'' | author(s) = | ascribed to = | compiled by = | illustrated by = | patron = | dedicated to = | audience = | language = [[Latin]] | location = [[Kells, County Meath|Kells]] | date = 9th century | date of issue = | provenance = [[Columba]]n monasteries in Ireland, Scotland & England | state of existence = | authenticity = | series = | manuscript(s) = TCD MS 58 | MS class 1 = | MS class 2 = | MS class 3 = | MS class 4 = | MS class 5 = | MS class 6 = | MS class 7 = | MS class 8 = | MS class 9 = | MS class 10 = | principal manuscript(s)= | first printed edition = | verse form = | length = 340 [[folio]]s, 680 [[Page (paper)|pages]] | illustration(s) = | genre = [[Gospel Book]] | subject = | setting = | period covered = | personages = | personages (long list)= | sources = [[Vulgate]], [[Vetus Latina]] | below = }} The '''Book of Kells''' ({{lang-la|Codex Cenannensis}}; {{lang-ga|Leabhar Cheanannais}}; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. [58], sometimes known as the '''Book of Columba''') is an [[illuminated manuscript]] and [[Celts|Celtic]] [[Gospel book]] in [[Latin]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brief History - Book of Kells |url=http://www.people.vcu.edu/~djbromle/color-theory/color04/laura/bookofkells.htm |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=www.people.vcu.edu}}</ref