ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS · The Book of Kells and the Great Painted Books An adult coloring book of 44 pages drawn after the great painted books of the Middle Ages: Celtic carpet pages and knotwork, giant decorated letters, bestiary animals, and calendar pages from the books of hours. Every page tells you where it comes from. Under each picture is a short note that names the manuscript, its date and the library that keeps it today, so you learn the story of the book while you color it. WHAT IS INSIDE: 6 chapters, 44 coloring pages • How the books were made (4 pages): the scribe, the vellum, the ink and colors, the binding • Irish and Northumbrian Gospels (14 pages): Book of Durrow, Lichfield Gospels, Lindisfarne Gospels and the Book of Kells, with the Chi Rho page, carpet pages and the Evangelist symbols • Initials and alphabets (8 pages): eight great decorated letters and margin creatures • Bestiaries (6 pages): lion, unicorn, phoenix, whale, dragon and pelican • Books of Hours (10 pages): calendar scenes for six months, decorated borders, a lady with her prayer book • Make your own (2 pages): an empty border and an empty frame for your own initial