6/23: time with a page
I saw the animated film The Secret of Kells a few months ago, and I really enjoyed it--it is visually amazing. Though it's a very fictional view of The Book of Kells, the movie made me want to incorporate The Book of Kells somehow in my Vulgate class this fall. Today I spent time with a high-quality photograph of single page and worked through its Latin. I had a good time, and I think my students will have a good time with it, too.
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I saw the actual Book of Kells in Ireland a few years ago.
How lovely! Medieval manuscripts are so awesome! ;-)
In fact, I have just returned from a study trip to St. Gall in Switzerland where we were allowed to read and work with the actual codices. Very impressive indeed. Did you know that the library had most of their manuscripts digitalized as a part of the e-codices project (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/)?
I've not been to Ireland, Barbara (lucky you!), but if ever I go, I hope to see The Book of Kells while there.
And thank you, liathlannwindvogel, for the URL--what a great collection! My students and I will definitely use some of these resources.
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