Color Your Own Book of Kells (Coloring Books)

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Genre: Activity packs; Arts and crafts design; History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400; Lettering and calligraphy; Religious subjects depicted in art; Games and Activities - General; Juvenile Nonfiction; Crafts / Hobbies; Children: Grades 2-3; Europe - Ireland; Papercrafts - Adult Coloring Books; Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books;

Average Review: 4 stars

Review: beautiful and intricate, but.... : Most of this coloring book is as wonderful as I expected it to be. I like the selections from the Book of Kells that were chosen to be included, and there's a good variety. The subject matter can't be beat, but I have two small complaints. One, some of the smaller knotwork details are indistinct, even missing. I realize they may be missing in the original, but for a coloring book I really feel they should have been extrapolated for completeness' sake. Second, the Latin script pages aren't translated, and the old calligraphy is hard enough to read that I can't translate them myself. Aside from these picky details, though, this is a gorgeous, fun coloring book, perfectly appropriate for the collector, either of coloring books or Celtophilia:)