Thursday, March 17, 2011

Trinity college and The book of kells

The Trinity College: 

The Trinity College was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth, and it´s the only college of the university of Dublin, the oldest university in Ireland. Some famous writers studied at Trinity college such as Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker and Samuel Beckett. The library of The Trinity college is the largest in Ireland You can see old books and one of the surviving medieval Gaelic harps.
 

The book of Kells: 

The book of Kells, is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together various prefatory text and tables. It was created by celtic monks around 800 or slightly earlier. It is in the library of the Trinity College.



And don´t worry! 
You can buy sweatshirts and other clothes at the college shop.

By Claudia and Clara

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