Early Christian Ireland Flashcards
Roundtower
Was used as a bell tower to call monks to mass, as a lookout and as a hiding place if the monastery was invaded
Monastery
Where monks lived
Scriptorium
Where manuscripts were written
Refectory
Where they ate (like a canteen)
Beehives
Where they lived (cells)
Where were monks buried?
They were buried in a graveyard inside the monastery walls
Manuscript
The bible and celtic legends were written down by hand on vellum or parchment
Vellum
Calf skin
Parchment
Sheep skin
Quill
Goose or swan feathers used for writing
High cross
Huge stone crosses with scenes from the bible carved into them
Golden Age
A period in Ireland when the rest of the continent was at war and here the monks where teaching and talking about God and setting up monasteries
Dark Ages
The time after the Roman Empire fell
Name a monastery and the person who founded it
Clonmacnoise set up by St. Ciarán
