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Uncovering the mysteries of The Book of Kells – from myopic monks on magic mushrooms to superhuman detail

By Rachel Moss, Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin

The pages of The Book of Kells certainly contain some of the elements that have been used to identify drug use in modern and contemporary art.

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