[caption id="attachment_1453" align="alignnone" width="284" caption="Book of Lindisfarne"][/caption] Above: Book of Lindisfarne There can be no doubt that the art of illumination was brought from Ireland to Iona whence it spread over Scotland and England. Evidence of this is furnished by the Book of Lindisfarne at the British Museum, the Book of MacDurnan at Lambeth, besides Psalters at Cambridge and the British Museum, all famous for the beauty of their illustrated pages. Subsequently the art found its way to the Continent and spread there until ... Read More

[caption id="attachment_1445" align="alignnone" width="286" caption="Book of Ballymote"][/caption] Above: Book of Ballymote Early in the eleventh century, in 1015, is recorded the death of Mac Liag, the distinguished arch-ollamh of Brian Boirmhe, and reputed author of " Wars of the Gael and Gall." Amongst the other renowned authors and minstrels of the time were Cuan Ua Lochain, to whom is ascribed, at least in part, the " Book of Rights," i.e. Leabhar na gCeart, and Mac Giolla Caoimh who thus early visited Greece and Palestine. An ... Read More