Monk in Early christian Ireland

Monk in Early christian Ireland

1. monastery :

   • stone wall
   • stone churches
   • round towers
     • look out points/store jewellery(valuables)
   • people: farmers / craft people
     • objects made from silver or broze
       • patterns with gold thread
     • crosses made by stone masons

2. scriptorium:

   • manuscripts copied by hand
   • scribes
   • wrote on velum (skin of calves)
   • illuminated = coloured ink made from plants and powdered rock

3. monks :

   • wore tunic
   • self-efficient
   • pray/work/fast/study
   • obey abbot (head monk)
   • lived in bee-hive huts

4. missionaries