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History
History(Early Christian Ireland)
Question | Answer |
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What were monks? | Holy men |
What was a tonsure? | TThe type of haircut a monk had |
What was a habit? | The type of clothing worn by monks |
Name a monastery and its founder | Glendalough, St.Kevin |
What was a refectory? | The dinning room |
What was the oratory? | The chruch |
What did monks live in? | Cells or huts |
What was an abbot? | The head of the monastery |
What were cist graves? | Where monks were burried |
Name three services provided by monasteries | It was a center for prayer and religion. It provided health care for the sick and it educated boys and young men |
Name three examples of monastic art | Manuscripts,stone crosses and metalwork |
What was a scriptorium? | Where scribes copied beautiful manuscripts |
What were quills? | Goose feathers(for writing) |
what were vellum? | Calfskin, item that was wrote onn |
What was perchament | Sheepskin(item that was wrote on) |
Name a famous manuscript | The book of kells |
Name a famous stone castle | The cross of Muirdeach |
Name a famous piece of metal work made the monks | The Ardage |
What was a souterrian | A tunnel undergroud |
Name two types of dwellings | Ring forts and crannógs |