Queen's Cypher

Design

8th century Celtic. Freehand, no traced elements. Dragon heads in "C" taken from the "Crucifixion Page" (page with capital "T") in Book of Kells.

Hand

Insular miniscule from Drogin, pg 115.

Related References

• Book of Kells (TCD MS 58) — Trinity College Dublin Digital Collections — Full digitization of the Book of Kells; the so-called Crucifixion / Tunc crucifixerant page (fol. 124r introducing Matthew 27:38) is browsable in high resolution.
• Book of Kells — Wikipedia — Discussion of the manuscript's iconography, including the missing/lost Crucifixion miniature debate.