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Chapter 4
Early Christian Ireland
Term | Definition |
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Monks | |
Habit | |
Tonsure | |
Refectory | |
Oratory | |
Abbot | |
Cell/Hut | |
Monasteries were centres of.. | Prayer and religion |
Alms | |
Scriptorium | |
Scribes | |
Quills | |
Vellum | |
Parchment | |
Brightly coloured inks were made from.. | Crushed berries/beetles/metals |
Cathach | |
Book of Durrow | |
Book of Kells | |
Cross of Muirdeach | |
Chalices | |
Crosiers | |
Book Shrines | |
Reliquaries | |
The Ardagh Chalice | |
Filigree | |
St Columcille | Founded a monastery at Iona in Scotland |
St Aiden | Started a monastery at the island of Lindisfarne in England |
St Columbanus | Founded monasteries at Luxeuil(France) and Bobbio(Italy) |
St Gall | Started a monstery in Switzerland and has the Swiss city of St Gallen now named after him |
The Golden Age of Irish Learning and Christianity | When monks converted Europeans to Christianity and also produced beautiful manuscripts in the Irish style |
A Rath/Lios | A ring fort |
Souterrain | An Underground tunnel, used to keep food cool or as an escape in times of attack |
Monastery | Place where monks, prayed, worked and studied, usually located near rivers(Clonmacnoise)/homes of kings(Armagh)/isolated places(Skellig Micheal) |