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Description The Chi Rho page (folio 34R) of the Book of Kells. The page precedes the nativity story as related by St Matthew. The letters Chi, Rho and I are an abbreviation of "Christ".
Date circa 800AD
Source Website of the Book of Kells on CD-ROM
Author unknown Irish or Scottish monks
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