“Christ” in Print

According to my English professor, the most celebrated page of the middle ages is the ChiRho (Christ) page in the Book of Kells. UCLA has one of the mere 500 facsimile copies in its enormous library collection (2nd only to the Library of Congress…no excuse for not being able to find a book!) Kerry and I are going to the special collections this week to see it in person. Magnificent:

~ by Barron on April 23, 2007.