{
  "slug": "book-of-kells",
  "title": "The Book of Kells",
  "maker": "Columban monks of Iona and Kells, scribes unknown",
  "date": "c. 800",
  "kind": "illuminated manuscript (Insular Gospel book)",
  "where": "Old Library, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland",
  "access": "On display daily in the Old Library until the end of 2027, then in Trinity's restored Printing House while the Old Library closes for construction (to c. 2030); all 680 pages are free to browse online in Trinity's Digital Collections.",
  "materials": "Calf vellum written in iron-gall ink and painted with pigments including orpiment yellow, red lead, and indigo, now bound in four volumes.",
  "one_line": "Twelve centuries on, its tangled golden letters still make strangers queue around a courtyard just to stand near one open page.",
  "open_url": "https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/hm50tr726",
  "facts": [
    {
      "claim": "It contains the four Gospels in Latin and was made around 800 AD by monks of the Columban community of Iona and Kells.",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Kells"
    },
    {
      "claim": "The Book of Kells stays on display in the Old Library until the end of 2027; during the construction phase (to c. 2030) it moves to Trinity's restored Printing House.",
      "source": "https://www.tcd.ie/old-library-campaign/faq/"
    },
    {
      "claim": "All 340 folios (680 pages) have been rescanned in high resolution and are free to view in Trinity's Digital Collections.",
      "source": "https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/hm50tr726"
    }
  ],
  "image": "https://artbitrage.io/art/library-book-of-kells.jpg",
  "thumb": "https://artbitrage.io/art/library-book-of-kells-t.jpg"
}