Antique & Vintage Postcards

Large-format black-and-white photographic postcard showing an open spread of the Book of Kells, the celebrated 9th-century illuminated manuscript held at Trinity College Dublin. The left page displays the Four Evangelists' symbols page (folio 27v) -- four roundels containing the symbols of Matthew (angel), Mark (lion), Luke (calf), and John (eagle) -- in intricate interlace patterning. The right page shows the Chi-Rho monogram page (folio 34r), with the elaborate initial letters XPI of "Christi" filling the page in dense knotwork and zoomorphic ornament.