| List of Illustrations | 7 |
| Preface | 9 |
| Introduction: The Book of Kells and the Insular Gospel Books | 13 |
| Introduction: The Historical Background | 15 |
| The Plates | 33 |
| Ch. 1 | Gospel Manuscripts and Early Medieval Liturgies | |
| Liturgical Functions of Gospel Manuscripts | 41 |
| The Book of Kells and its Full-Page Images | 43 |
| The Book of Kells as a Liturgical Gospel Manuscript | 44 |
| Gospel Manuscripts and the Liturgical Context: Meaning and Audience | 46 |
| Ch 2 | Folio 202V, The Temptation of Christ | |
| Images, Texts, and Exegesis: The Temple in Jerusalem, The Temptation of Christ, and Psalm 90 | 51 |
| The Image of the Temple in Art and Literature | 52 |
| The Temptation of Christ (Luke 4.1-13), Psalm 90, and the Illustration | 62 |
| Exegesis of the Temptation of Christ and Psalm 90 | 66 |
| The Figure of the Head and Body: Historic Context in Insular Exegesis and Liturgical Texts | 72 |
| The Illustration and the Liturgy | 76 |
| Luke 4.1-13 as a Lection: the Evidence | 76 |
| Early Gospel Lections | 76 |
| Decorative Structure of Luke 4.1-13 in Insular Manuscripts | 80 |
| Luke 4.1-13 as a Lection: Conclusion | 88 |
| The Liturgy of Quadragesima Sunday and the Illustration | 88 |
| Ch. 3 | Folio 114r - Arrest or Passion of Christ | |
| Images, Texts, and Exegesis: the Prayer Pose, the Passion, and the Apocalypse | 104 |
| The Text of Matthew 26 and the Prophecy of Zechariah | 109 |
| Exegesis of Exodus, Zechariah, the Apocalypse and Matthew 26 | 111 |
| The Illustration and the Liturgy | 116 |
| Matthew 26 in Early Lection Systems | 116 |
| The Decorative Structuring of Matthew 26 | 119 |
| Function and Audience: Salvation in the Past, Present, and Future | 131 |
| Ch. 4 | Conclusion | |
| Reading, Learning, Preaching: Pastoral Functions of Insular Monasteries | 140 |
| The Other Full-Page Illuminations | 143 |
| The Book of Kells as a Liturgical Gospel Book | 152 |
| Function and Audience: the Figure of Interpretation | 156 |
| Appendix 1 | Capitularies and Marginal Notations of Luke 4.1-13 and Matthew 26.30-31 as Liturgical Lections | 164 |
| Appendix 2 | Textual Articulation of Luke 4.1-13 and Matthew 26.30-31 in Gospel Manuscripts: Comparative Tables | 166 |
| Bibliography | 171 |
| Index of Manuscripts Cited | 189 |
| Index of Biblical Citations | 189 |
| Index | 190 |
Format: Hardcover, 252 pages
