Book of Kells

The Book of Kells is said to have been written in the 9th century and contains the 4 gospels as well as many illuminations. The Book of Kells is currently available on DVD for 37.95 US plus s&h. (Maybe next month if I really feel itching to get it) I have found some of the images from the Book of Kells and have posted them here. (like this image to the right and at the bottom of this post) Looking up the Book of Kells, which is currently housed in the Trinity College Library in Dublin, Ireland, I ran across two other books from the same timeframe. They are the Book of Armagh (9th century gospel manuscript) and the Book of Mulling (late 8th century gospel manuscript). Even tho these would not likely have many "current" depictions of documentable garb from that timeframe, they give a good representation of colors available and artistic stylized work. There is plenty of knotwork, illuminations, fonts, etc. (at least in the Book of Kells, haven't researched the other two yet)

I believe it will be beneficial in my research to purchase the DVD of the Book of Kells. If nothing else, it gives a good feel for how things were 'way back when'.

There are entries for each of these on Wikipedia, which I have yet to read thoroughly, but this is at least a good starting point.

The Book of Kells - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_kells
The Book of Armagh - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Armagh
The Book of Mulling - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Mulling