English Monasticism Its Rise And Influence

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Her fame had extended over Europe, her monasteries were adorned with men of great piety and learning, who were the trainers of the leading spirits of the age. She was the first to break through the dense darkness of the times, and as she gave Christianity to Scotland, so she also imparted to the Saxons the art of illumination. The very earliest mention we have in the history of our country of an illuminator, is of Dagseus, Abbot of Iniskeltra, who lived in the early part of the sixth century, a...nd died about 587. Adamnanus, the Saxon Abbot of lona, retained Genereus, who had taught illumination in the Irish monasteries, to impart that knowledge to the Saxons ; and in the eighth century another Irish monk, Ultan, is mentioned as having a great reputation as an illuminator of MSS. Bede also confirms this fact of Irish civilization, for he asserts that it was the custom to send youths out of u 2 QO ENGLISH MONASTICISM.
England into Ireland to study at her monasteries. It was from Ireland, then, that the Anglo-Saxons learned the art of illumination.


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