Coloring Irish Manuscript Pages

Preparation for class:

• Visit the collection of The Book of Kells manuscript at Trinity Collage, link below.
• Watch the video documentary for history of those who created and preserved the Book of Kells, links to these are provided below.

Tools:

• a variety of ink pens
• drawing tools for tracing: pencils and eraser
• a traced page printed from the Book of Kells
• optional: parchment paper

Process:

• Select images to print and trace from the collection online, if you are unable to attend class. I will provide several tracings printed on white paper for those students who attend the seminar. 
• You may choose to trace (transfer) the image(s) onto a piece of parchment paper using a window or light table depending on your means. If you have access to a printer, simply load parchment paper into the tray and copy the tracing that I provide in class.
• Use a selection of fine tip ink pens to color the tracing as you wish. I also used a metallic ink pen to high light and color the sample above. 
• As you work, give areas of your page time to dry in order to avoid smearing the inks. 
• Always work using a second clean sheet of typing paper to cover the area where your hand rests and glides across the page. This will keep your work clean and free from the natural oils accumulated on the skin.
• Until you decide to either bind your pages in a book or to frame them to give as a gift, keep them covered with plastic sleeves and filed inside of a binder. I will have a sample of a binder like this in class for you to look at. If you are unable to attend class, I will post pictures of a few of my binders here for you to look at.

Study Online: The Book of Kells (Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais) (Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. (58), sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created in a Columban monastery in either Britain or Ireland or may have had contributions from various Columban institutions from both Britain and Ireland. It is believed to have been created ca. AD 800. The text of the Gospels is largely drawn from the Vulgate, although it also includes several passages drawn from the earlier versions of the Bible known as the Vetus Latina. It is a masterwork of Western calligraphy and represents the pinnacle of Insular illumination. It is also widely regarded as Ireland's finest national treasure. Read more . . . 

• The complete manuscript at Trinity Collage online: The Book of Kells

 First part of Documentary about The Books of Kells

Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7

Sample images from The Book of Kells: fish, letters, eagle, Christ, patterns.

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Sample of how I colored the window; now you can try coloring it your way!

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Description of The Coloring Page: crowd, servants, wedding feast, miracle of Jesus, water turned to wine, banquet table, foreshadowing of wedding between Christ and His church (the wedding of the Lamb), color page picture about John 2:1-11:

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Description of The Coloring Page: money changers and merchandisers are driven from God's house of worship, coins on the ground, temple columns

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Jairus' child brought to life coloring sheet

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Description of The Coloring Page: Jesus holds the hand of Jairus' child and wakes her from a dead sleep, crowd of witnesses

 
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       The story immediately follows the exorcism at Gerasa. Jairus, a patron or ruler of a Galilee synagogue, had asked Jesus to heal his 12-year-old daughter, who in Mark's and Luke's accounts was dying, and in Matthew's simplified account, had already died.
       As they were traveling to Jairus' house, a sick woman in the crowd touched Jesus' cloak and was healed of her sickness. Jesus turned round to the woman and said "You have been healed of your sins have faith in the Lord".(see Christ healing the bleeding woman). Moments later, a messenger arrived with the news that Jairus' daughter had died, and he was advised not to trouble Jesus any further. However, Jesus responded:

Be not afraid, only believe. (Mark 5:36)

Jesus continued to the house, where he informed all those present that the girl was not dead but asleep. He then went upstairs and restored the little girl to life. In Mark's account, the Aramaic phrase "Talitha Koum" (transliterated into Greek as ταλιθα κουμ and meaning, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!") is attributed to Jesus.
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Description of The Coloring Page: stone walls of a church, geometric stained glass windows, rose window shaped like a star, old Christian hymns, verses of, hymns about the church

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By Water and The Word"

 

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A free coloring page from Darlene Schacht

       Download and print this lovely coloring page featuring Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth His love for us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

       Darlene Schacht is a best-selling author who has a blog sharing the Grace of God with all of her readers.

Visit the Time-Warp Wife to download a free coloring page!