How the Book of Kells Works

03/22/10 • 23 min

Created around 800 AD, the Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript held at Trinity College in Ireland. Listen in to learn more about the Book of Kells -- and how it survived for so long -- in this podcast.

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Stuff You Missed in History Class - How the Book of Kells Works

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Welcome to Stuff you missed in History Class from how Stuff Works dot Com. Hello, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Katie Lambert and I'm Sarah Downy, and today we're going to talk about what might be the most beautiful book in the world, the Book of Cows. Yeah, when my mom was in her teens traveling in Dublin, she made sure to visit the Book of Kells as often as she could because back then they used to change the pages over every day or so and you