2024年11月20日 · The Book of Durrow stands as a luminous beacon of Ireland’s Golden Age of monasticism, an era when Irish monasteries became centers of learning, artistry, and devotion. Created in the 7th century, this richly illuminated manuscript is among the oldest surviving examples of Insular art, predating the more famous Book of Kells.

Durrow. West of the church at Durrow, County Offaly, on the site of the sixth century Irish monastery, founded by St Colomba and noted for its outstanding illuminated manuscript Book of Durrow (c.650), is the 12 foot Durrow High Cross. Carved on the head is a sculpture of Christ at the Last Judgement.

Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland. [2] It is located off the N52 some 5 miles from Tullamore. Largely undisturbed, the site is an early medieval monastic complex of ecclesiastical and secular monuments, visible and sub-surface.

The Book of Durrow is an illuminated manuscript gospel book dated to c. 700 that contains the Vulgate Latin text of the four Gospels, with some Irish variations, and other matter, written in Insular script, and richly illustrated in the style of Insular art with four full-page Evangelist symbols, six carpet pages, and many decorated initials.

Nestled in the heart of County Offaly, Ireland, the site of Durrow Abbey is home to the Durrow Cross, a remarkable example of early medieval Christian art and craftsmanship. This site not only reflects the spiritual and religious life of early Christian Ireland but also showcases the rich heritage of monastic craftsmanship.

The interior makes this immediately clear for Durrow boasts a delicate plaster vaulted ceiling, Gothic statue niches, ogee arches at the altar end, and perpendicular panelling to the window recesses. Noted in Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland of 1837 as “a very handsome edifice” it is irreplaceable today.

The Book of Durrow is particularly renowned for its artwork. Eleven of its pages are dedicated to painted decoration. In addition the opening of the four gospels and other important passages are...

2024年9月20日 · The Book of Durrow stands as one of the great treasures of Ireland’s cultural patrimony and a key monument in the history of European medieval art. Its intricate illuminations and poetic colophon reflect the vibrant intellectual and artistic culture of the early Irish church, shaped by the dynamic exchanges of the Hiberno-Saxon monastic world.

The interior makes this immediately clear for Durrow boasts a delicate plaster vaulted ceiling, Gothic statue niches, ogee arches at the altar end, and perpendicular panelling to the window recesses. Noted in Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of Ireland of 1837 as “a very handsome edifice” it is irreplaceable today.

Castle Durrow is an 18th-century country house in Durrow, County Laois, Ireland. [1][2] The house was built in the pre-Palladian design and formal gardens that were popular in the 18th century. The house was built between 1712-1716 by Colonel William Flower (from 1733 Baron Castle Durrow) as a family home.