the indignity of the entire experience is comedic, and we've come to accept it. the op article is empty aggregation, a little superficial bit of dopamine noise, that's exclusively parasitizing on actual content. the direct link is probably better, but it throws a CAPCHA for me, where I need to click on Indian men on motorcycles to teach an AI what a motorcycle is. sister comment is reporting that the underlying site is down anyway, despite the "protection" provided by the internet muscle services.

which makes one wonder, why even go looking at the book of kells, like, who among the hackernews readership will sit down with an iPad or other high resolution device to peruse the entirety of the book at leisure, inspecting the subtle details of the illumination, taking notes etc.

better yet, direct to the pdf - https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/pdf/false/eng/2/url/hm50tr...

... and be forced to complete a captcha before getting 503 service unavailable.

"The requested URL was rejected. Please consult with your administrator. Error 503 - Service Unavailable"