Conoce Irlanda
Buenas a tod@s,
poco a poco vamos a ir conociendo algunas cosas a cerca de Irlanda.
Además así podéis practicar inglés!
Para empezar ya colgué en el facebook una página web en la que podéis ir conociendo la región de Wicklow!
Os dejo un pequeño texto a cerca del libro de Kells, podéis encontrar más información pinchando AQUÍ .
También tenéis un mandala de motivos celtas para colorear!!
The Book of Kells
The Book of Kells is a book of the four Gospels. It is very beautiful and highly decorated with Celtic designs. It has many drawings of colourful birds and beasts. It was written about 800 AD by monks who spent their entire lives decorating their pages of the book. They only stopped for prayers, mealtimes and to work in the fields. It was written on animal skins using handmade inks. About 185 cow skins were used to make the book.
They started writing it in Iona, an island off the west coast of Scotland. In 806, after a Viking raid on the island, the monks moved to a new monastery at Kells, County Meath.
The Book of Kells is on display in the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin. It has 680 pages. All except two pages are decorated. The designs are often copied and used in books and jewelry.
Questions on the Book of Kells
- What animal skins were used for the Book of Kells?
- Who wrote the Book of Kells?
- What did the monks do every day?
- What is the most famous tourist attraction where you live?
- Colour the Celtic Knot below using at least three different colours.
