Famous Books


 * Famous books such as
 * the book of Durrow
 * the book of Kells and
 * the undisparne
 * Gospels were all written by scribes
 * in the 8th century in insular half
 * -uncial or uncial script, executed--
 * with such mastery, the quill seems
 * to move over the page with appar-
 * ant ease. the scripts were written
 * with the quill held at a flat angle
 * to the vellum they have pleasing
 * roundness to the eye, are quick to
 * write and easily read these monks
 * leave us such a fine example of
 * calligraphy and beautiful illum-
 * ation that even by today's
 * standards they cannot be equaled.