# Book of Kells [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, Irish]() - Date: 0751-0800 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. A. I. 6 \[58\]\), 330 x 241 mm ## Commentary Book of Kells c. 800 Manuscript \(Ms. A. I. 6 \[58\]\), 330 x 241 mm Trinity College Library, Dublin The picture shows folio 1r of the manuscript. It contains one of the wonderfully decorated canon tables. The angel, lion, bull and eagle symbolise the four evangelists and serve to identify, by their position within the arch, the canon tables beneath them. There are usually 16 such diagrams at the beginnings of almost all early medieval gospels. ## Related artworks - [Book of Durrow]() - [Book of Durrow]() - [Book of Durrow]() - [Book of Durrow]() - [Book of Durrow]() - [Book of Durrow]() - [Book of Kells]() - [Book of Kells]() - [Book of Kells]() - [Book of Kells]() - [Book of Kells]() - [Book of Kells]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()