While we know the manuscript spent at least 650 years at Kells, we do not know where it started its life. Now a new book offers some clues as to its provenance.
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Professor in the History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor in English, University of Cambridge, and Fellow and Director of Studies in English, Queens' College, University of Cambridge
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Lecturer in History of Art, University of Bristol
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Senior Curator of Geosciences, Museums Victoria Research Institute; Monash University
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland