Book of Kells: Sample Transcription.

Lines1-2

This is the section before the first red line.

Book of Kells lines 1-2
p a l p a t e ...e t u i d e t e ...q u i a s p i r i t u s c a r n e m ...e t o s
s a n o n h a b e t
...s i c u t m e ...u i d e t i s ...h a b e r e
palpate et videte: quia spiritus carnem et os-
sa nonhabet sicut me videtis habere
handle and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have.


Lines 15-16

This is the section below the second red line.

Book of Kells lines 15-16
T V n c ...a p e r u i t i l l i s ...s e n s u m ...u t i n t e l l e g e
..............r e n t s c r i p t u r a s ...E T d i x i t e i s q u o n i a m
Tunc aperuit illis sensum ut intellege-
rent scripturas. Et dixit eis, 'Quoniam ...'
Then He opened their understanding, that they might understand
the scriptures. And He said to them, Thus
[it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer,
and to rise again from the dead, the third day.]


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