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5 days agoWho Created the Book of Kells? A Master Craftsman Takes on the Mystery
New evidence suggests the Book of Kells may originate from Portmahomack, challenging the long-held theory of its creation at Iona.
Dr Victoria Whitworth, who will publish evidence in a forthcoming book, said: The Picts were great artists, producing highly sophisticated Christian sculpture, but it has generally been accepted that not a single Pictish manuscript survives. If the Book of Kells was made in Pictland, this rewrites our understanding of early medieval Scotland. Her research has led her to conclude that a monastery in Portmahomack, Easter Ross, north-east of Inverness, is the most likely place for it to have been made.