The Arts Society Steyning May talk
THE BOOK OF KELLSA talk by Imogen Corrigan, Monday May 13th 2024, 10am – 12 atThe Steyning Centre, Fletchers Croft, Steyning BN44 3XZ
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This extraordinary manuscript, dating to c.800AD, has been admired for its sublime beauty, but also described as ‘cold-blooded hallucination’.
A fantasy of intertwined animals, birds and people’s heads, it is also a standard Book of the Gospels with full-page illustrations.
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Hide AdAnnotated by some and stolen by others, it reflects the spirituality of its creators and the Christianity of their age.
It is also notable for its errors.
Imogen is a Freelance lecturer. After nearly 20 years in the British army she gained a 1st class honours degree in Anglo-Saxon & Medieval History and Art at Kent University, and a MPhil from Birmingham.
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