Word: byzantium
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From SAILING TO BYZANTIUM...
...with Arms. It has fascinated scholars ever since. The Book of Kells does not blaze with gold as the manuscripts of Europe and Byzantium often do, but no other example of Celtic illustration and calligraphy surpasses it in quality. There seems no end to the imagination of the anonymous monks who created it. Patterns are as severe as a Gothic steeple, or as intricate as a piece of lace; but never is their harmony lost or their rhythm broken. The stylized figures are often a bit grotesque, but in scenes like the "Arrest of Christ" from Matthew 26 (see color...