Editing Book of Kells (section)

==Reproductions==
[[File:Book of Kells fol 32v - Faksimile Verlag.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Folio 32v, as reproduced by Faksimile-Verlag.]]

Some of the first faithful reproductions made of pages and elements of the Book of Kells were by the artist [[Helen Campbell D'Olier]] in the 19th century. She used vellum and reproduced the pigments used in the original manuscript.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Strickland|first1=Walter|title=A dictionary of Irish artists|date=1913|publisher=Maunsell & Co|location=Dublin and London}}</ref> Photographs of her drawings were included in Sullivan's study of the Book of Kells, first printed in 1913.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sullivan|first1=Edward|title=The Book of Kells|date=1920|publisher="The Studio" Limited|page=46}}</ref>

[[File:Mario Kleff Book Of Kells Folio 01.jpg|thumb|Folio 271v: Handcrafted reproduction, featuring intricate Latin script: "Propter nomen meum et capillus de capite vestro non peribit; in patientia vestra possidebitis animas vestras."]]

In 1951, the Swiss publisher Urs Graf Verlag Bern produced the first [[facsimile]]<ref>{{Cite journal |jstor = 2848460|title = Announcements|journal = Speculum|volume = 23|issue = 3|pages = 555–558|year = 1948|doi = 10.1017/S003871340020153X|s2cid = 225087243}}</ref> of the Book of Kells. The majority of the pages were reproduced in black-and-white photographs, but the edition also featured forty-eight colour reproductions, including all the full-page decorations. Under licence from the Board of Trinity College Dublin, [[Thames and Hudson]] produced a partial facsimile edition in 1974, which included a scholarly treatment of the work by Françoise Henry. This edition included all the full-page illustrations in the manuscript and a representative selection of the ornamentation of the text pages, together with some enlarged details of the illustrations. The reproductions were all in full colour, with photography by John Kennedy, Green Studio, Dublin.

[[File:BookKells.jpg|thumb|Folio 183r from the 1990 facsimile of the Book of Kells contains the text "Erat autem hora tertia" ("now it was the third hour").]]

In 1979, Swiss publisher Faksimile-Verlag Luzern requested permission to produce a full-colour facsimile of the book. Permission was initially denied because Trinity College officials felt that the risk of damage to the book was too high. By 1986, Faksimile-Verlag had developed a process that used gentle suction to straighten a page so that it could be photographed without touching it and so won permission to publish a new facsimile.<ref>McGill, Douglas. "[https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/02/books/ireland-s-book-of-kells-is-facsimiled.html?pagewanted=all Irelands's Book of Kells is Facsimiled]". ''The New York Times'', 2 June 1987. Retrieved on 28 February 2008.</ref> After each page was photographed, a single-page facsimile was prepared so the colours could be carefully compared to the original and adjustments made where necessary. The completed work was published in 1990 in a two-volume set containing the full facsimile and scholarly commentary. One copy is held by the Anglican Church in Kells, on the site of the original monastery.

The ill-fated [[Celtworld]] heritage centre, which opened in [[Tramore]], [[County Waterford]] in 1992, included a replica of the Book of Kells.  It cost approximately £18,000 to produce.<ref>John Murray, Tony Wheeler, Sean Sheehan. ''Ireland: a travel survival kit.'' Page 198. Lonely Planet, 1994.</ref> In 1994, Bernard Meehan, Keeper of Manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin, produced an introductory booklet on the Book of Kells, with 110 colour images of the manuscript. His 2012 book contained more than 80 pages from the manuscript reproduced full-size and in full colour.<ref name=ft/>

A digital copy of the manuscript was produced by Trinity College in 2006 and made available for purchase through Trinity College on DVD-ROM. It included the ability to leaf through each page, view two pages at a time, or look at a single page in a magnified setting. There were also commentary tracks about the specific pages as well as the history of the book. Users were given the option to search by specific illuminated categories including animals, capitols and angels. It retailed for approximately €30 but has since been discontinued. The Faksimile-Verlag images are now online at Trinity College's Digital Collections portal.<ref name="Digital" /><ref>{{cite web |title=World's Most Famous Medieval Illuminated Manuscript Now Viewable Online |last=Stewart |first=Jessica |date=1 April 2019 |website=My Modern Net |url=https://mymodernmet.com/book-of-kells-digitized}}</ref>