WorksheetsBook of Kells
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Manuscripts are
hand-made, hand written books
written about the Bible
created for Kings
Monk writings
What is the Book of Kells?
Ancient book written by Vikings
Book filled with beautiful paintings and writing
Illuminated Manuscript
Bible written in English
Hand-made, hand-written books were called
scrolls
manuscripts
calligraphy
scriptoria
Who made the Book of Kells?
Monks
Vikings
Priests
Nuns
Where did Monks make beautiful illuminated manuscripts?
Basement of the monastery
Calligraphy Lab
Scriptoria
Workroom
Calligraphy means
Handwriting
Beautiful writing
Writing in ink
Artistic Writing
Where was the Book of Kells made?
Columba Monastery
Trinity College
Scottish Abby
Monastery on Iona
Who was Columba?
Missionary monk
Monk who founded monasteries in Ireland and Scotland
Lived in 500's AD
A Viking raider who started a monastery
Around what year was the Book of Kells made?
500 AD
600 AD
750 AD
400 AD
What is the Book of Kells about?
Moses
Jesus Christ
John the Baptist
St. Columba
What were the pages of the Book made from?
Vellum
Parchment
Calf Skin
Scrolls
How many pages does the Book of Kells have?
610
620
650
680
What is not true (false) about the book's decorations?
Some knot work is drawn so fine that some cannot be seen with the human eye.
Pages with only designs and no text are known as Carpet Pages
The book is full of Celtic Designs
The cover has a picture of Jesus Christ on it.
The most famous page in the book is called the
Itchy Tooky Page
Chi-Rho Page
The X-P page
The Christos Page
Mistakes in the Book of Kells are marked with
erasure marks
red dots
there are no mistakes
little drawn monks
What is true about the book?
Book was stolen by Vikings during a raid.
Book was moved from Ireland to Scotland
Cover was stolen in and never recovered
Its located in England
