McCloskey (Laura E.): Exploring meditatio and memoria in Ireland through the book of Durrow: manuscript illumination as the intersection of theological and artistic traditions.
Nees (Lawrence): The colophon drawing in the Book of Mulling: a supposed Irish monastery plan and the tradition of terminal illustration in early Medieval manuscripts.
Suggests that the colophon drawing in MS TCD 60 (reproduction included) derives from Carolingian manuscript illumination rather than a plan of an Irish monastery. Incl. plts.
On the monastic scribal tradition and the significance of illumination; includes a discussion of three examples of animal ornament from Insular Gospel books (Durrow, Lindisfarne and Kells).
Krasnodębska-D’Aughton (Małgorzata): Decoration of the In principio initials in early Insular manuscripts: Christ as a visible image of the invisible God.
Studies the iconography of footwear as depicted in the evangelist portraits of some early Irish manuscripts (Book of Dimma, Book of Mulling and Garland of Howth).