Early Christian Ireland Flashcards
1
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Oratory
A
The church in a monastery
2
Q
Refectory
A
The room where monks ate
3
Q
Beehive huts / cells
A
Small beehive-shaped huts where monks live
4
Q
Scriptorium
A
The building where monks wrote books or copied parts of the binke
5
Q
Scribes
A
Monks who copied manuscripts
6
Q
Round towers
A
Tall circular towers used as a bell tower or for protection in monasteries
7
Q
Abbot
A
The head of the monastery
8
Q
Filigree
A
Very detailed design using fine metal wiring
9
Q
High crosses
A
Tall stone crosses with images from the bible carved on them
10
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Missionaries
A
A person sent on a religious mission
