Book of Durrow

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Painting · c. 680 · Probably Durrow, Ireland · Europe

The earliest fully decorated Insular Gospel book, with carpet pages

Book of Durrow — Dsmdgold at English Wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Insular art (Ireland and Britain) — Celtic knots and interlaced beasts on Gospel pages: ornament as prayer
Century: 7th century

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