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Early Christian Ireland
Term | Definition |
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Oratory | a small church |
Beehive huts | small stone huts where monks lived |
Round tower | tall towers built in Irish monasteries used for storage or as places of refuge or used as belfries |
The Book of Kells | a famous Irish manuscript produced by monks |
Filigree | the art of twisting and weaving gold wire |
High Crosses | decorative crosses made by the monks |
Abbot | the monk in charge of the monastery |
Scriptorium | a special room in a monastery where manuscripts were copied |
Refectory | the dining room |
Scribes | monks you produced hand-written copies of manuscript |
Vellum | Calfskin used for manuscripts |
Parchment | Sheepskin used for manuscripts |
Quill | A tail feather of a goose or a swan used to write with |
St. Columbanus | A missionary monk who founded a monastery in Luxeuil in France |
St. Colmcille | Founded monasteries in Durrow and in Iona (an island off Scotland). |