Book of Kells the colours used were derived from a wide range of substances, many of which were imports from distant lands. The manuscript takes its name from the Abbey of Kells, which was its home for centuries. Today, it is on permanent display at Trinity College Library, Dublin. The Library usually displays two of the current four volumes at a time, one showing a major illustration and the other showing typical text pages, and the entire manuscript can be viewed on the Library's Digital Collections Repository. The Book of Kells is one of the finest and most famous, and also one of
Archdeacon of Kells Meath, and the "Rectory of Nobber" was united to this dignity; thus the holder was sometimes called "Rector of Nobber", "Parson of Nobber", or most commonly styled Archdeacon of Nobber. In medieval times, "Kells" is called , with "Nobber" expressed as . Confusingly, the archdeacon of Kells held the "Rectory of Nobber", while the archdeacon of Meath held the "Rectory of Kells". In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. An archdeacon is often responsible for administration within an archdeaconry, which is the principal subdivision of the diocese.