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The Temptation Page
fromthe Book of Kells
by Jolanta Cyrek
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The Temptation Page, Folio 202v
The Book of Kells.
Ongoing scholarly debate
!Origins of iconography"!#eaning"!$elation to e%egesis"
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('can )enealogy, Folio 200r,
The Book of Kells.
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('ke-s )ospel ./1, folio 20r,
The Book of Kells
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3ngels
4hrist
3ncestors or
Faithf'l
Priest or 4hrist on
5'dgement 6ay
Faithf'l 5e&s
and )entile *"
6evil
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3n early 7rish ch'rch #onym'sk $eli8'ary
$esemblance to 7rish ch'rch. (ocal inspiration"
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3ngels
4hrist
3ncestors or
Faithf'l
Priest or 4hrist on
5'dgement 6ay
Faithf'l 5e&s
and )entile *"
6evil
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Other interpretation *in isolation
from folios 200r20r are's'ally &ithin a conte%t of
! Psalm /0,
! (it'rgical (ent *9'adragesima :'nday +
first :'nday of the (ent
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3n idea of the temple taken from 3mbrose-s
commentary on ('can genealogy
!a vis'al representation of both 4hrist and his4h'rch
!4h'rch is made 'p of the bodies of the
faithf'l
!Temple embodies both physical and spirit'alaspects of it
!4hristian historical and spirit'al
chronology;genealogy
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:'mmary
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Bibliography
! Farr, 4arol 1//=. The Book of Kells: Its Function and Audience
* Torontoand B'ffalo, >niversity of Toronto Press
! ?arbison, Peter 1/@A. Three #iniat'res in the Book of Kells,
Proceedingsof the Royal Irish Academy !ection C: Archaeology"
Celtic !tudies" #istory"$inguistics" $iterature,
