The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
How the Irish Saved Civilization
Thomas Cahill
The Wilderness
Liam O’Flaherty
The quintessential Irish book in the Broward County Library is the Facsimile copy of the Book of Kells donated by Mr. and Mrs. Bienes. The Book is displayed in the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book: The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library in the Main Library. This area of the library houses and preserves rare books and special collections. “This Fine Art Facsimile is a faithful re-creation of the original manuscript, MS 58; preserved in the Library of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland . . . This Fine Art Facsimile is published in a unique limited edition of 1,480 copies worldwide, numbered in Arabic numerals 80 copies numbered in Roman Numerals . . . All 680 pages of the manuscript were reproduced in the finest detail, in the format of approximately 33 x 25 cm., . . . handbound in kid and fully stitched onto double cords by Burkhardt Bookbinders in Monchaltorf-Zurich.” 4
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 Slideshow of selected pages from the Book of Kells
for Irish-American Heritage Month.
Digital photographs taken by staff show the details of this outstanding book, including the holes in the original book in Ireland. This masterpiece was created 1200 years ago and thought to be the work of a number of unknown genius-artists living in the monastery Iona.
Irish monks, once the storms of the mass migrations had quieted down, took to spreading the Christian faith all over Europe by their dedicated mission during the 5th, 6th and 7th centuries. The age-old Irish-Celtic culture began to fuse with the impressions gathered by the monks during their extended dangerous travels. At that time, also called the ‘Time of Scholars and Saints’, the Irish monasteries were influential culture and spiritual centres of Europe. At the height of Irish monasticism its most precious work was created the Book of Kells. 5
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