Books and Beer

[elleflies]

I got up at 5 in the morning to make my bus, and I made it, and it took me 4 hours to get to Dublin, but it's been so worth it.

I saw the Book of Kells. The art geek in me is so happy right now. I'm slowly whittling away at the masterworks!

My one big problem though, is that I don't drink, and since everything closes around 5 in the evening I need to keep myself occupied in a manner that does not include alcohol (as that usually ends up with me in a corner asleep or throwing up somewhere. No bueno).

I'm thinking of taking the camera and notebook to St. Paints Cathedral (the original!!) and letting the creativity flow. We shall see though, its not like I have an itinerary.

Comments

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I would love to see the Book of Keels. I love illuminated manuscripts.

[(Anonymous)]

The only sad thing about seeing it is that they can only display two pages. There are images of the other pages, but I never realized until I saw it up close and personal just how detailed and how beautiful it really is. They actually had a few absolutely stunning Illuminated Manuscripts along with it. *happy sigh*

The hysterical part of it all, is that apparently it's poorly written. In some instances if there wasn't enough room to finish a word, they just chopped the word off and in Latin, where endings matter - this made some of it fairly nonsensical.

Those crazy monks

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

You know, I should sign in before I post. *headdesk*