The Book Of Farewells

The Book of Kells is thought to be written in Latin around 800 AD by Columbian monks when Jesus was born; this book is astonishingly famous because it contains the four gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. When you look closely at the book, you notice the papers that were used in 800 AD are not similar to the ones you write on today. In the 800 AD, monks would purchase vellum or calfskin if they wanted to write because the skin was really dense and convenient for them. In addition, the monks needed a tool to write with, so, they would use feathers from a goose because the tips from the feathers are sharp. And, in order to be able to get ink on the calfskin, the feathers tip needed to hold a naturally made ink that came from plants, copper, or fruits. The colours of ink that are seen in
For example, on one part of the book there are two snakes facing each other, this was hard to see because the two snakes looked like the corner of the drawing. Other types of animals were also drawn that have not been identified in today’s world. Monks decided to draw so many animals on their book because it was not only a work of art, but it was also a symbol of power. In addition, I learned that the Book of Kells was not taken care of by the original monks. It wasn’t until other monks discovered the book and fixed the careless mistakes that were made. For instance, if you see an animal that is surrounded in red dotted lines that means there was a mistake made. The animal and the red dots were used to remind the monks of the mistake, this will help them recall what they did, and correspondingly, instead of using hyphen symbols the monks would get creative and draw an animal too. Again, these techniques would make it easier for the book to read. Moreover, as we might know today, snake are characterize as a symbols of