The Son of Light. He was the god of liberation, harmony, music and unity. Gold-plated case, Diam: 1.25ins.(33mm) Japanese quartz movement, dustproof construction stainless steel back, 3 year battery, leather and embroidered fabric band. Book of Kells Illuminated gospel book in Latin (preserved in the Trinity College Library, Dublin) that is a masterpiece of the ornate Hiberno-Saxon manuscript art. It was begun in the late 8th century at the Irish monastery on the Scottish island of Iona, and after a Viking raid the book was taken to the monastery of Kells in County Meath, where it was completed in the early 9th century.