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Chapter 4
Early Christian Ireland
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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) |