Tag Archives: Saint Columba of Iona

columba: kells for the perplexed

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Dave

…When Ireland’s freedom and isolation were finally shattered, Iona’s monastery, like those on the mainland, was destroyed by steel and flame. Of all that passionate industry- the splendor of manuscripts lovingly illuminated, the artistry, the composing- few relics of stature … Continue reading →

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saint columba: rescuing bardic dis-order

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Dave

…In Columba,s absence had become national nuisances. Brimming over with pride of office , they had begun to drive hard bargins for their services. They meddled with politics, asked enormous prizes for presiding over a victory or a marriage and … Continue reading →

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dr. johnson and iona: fruitful but ignorant bliss

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

On the tour of the Scottish Highlands with James Boswell in 1773 ,Johnson nearly sixty-four, nearly deaf, corpulent, and short sighted, penetrated the barbaric Highlands and undertook a tour around the Hebrides. … Saint Martin’s Cross, erected before the eleventh … Continue reading →

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columba: dealing with bardic misconduct

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

…The island was Iona, in the Hebrides off the coast of Scotland. And the monastery he finally founded there was to be the longest lasting and the most influential of all the Celtic abbeys. From that base he converted the … Continue reading →

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columba: excuses for a scrimmage

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dave

Literary larceny. It led to a few thousand dead. Every night Saint Columba would sneak off in the dark to indulge his secret lust: the lust for copying a rare manuscript of the Gospels that belonged to Finnian of Moville … Continue reading →

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literary larceny

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Dave

The literary larceny of Saint Columba…Every night he would sneak off in the dark to indulge his secret lust- his lust for copying a rare manuscript of the Gospels… In one man among Ireland’s heroes who thrived during the first … Continue reading →