Before Christianity -- The spread of Christianity -- Ascetic monasticism -- Celtic monasteries -- Monastic life -- The scriptorium -- Writing materials -- Pens -- Pigments -- The illuminated letter -- The script -- Colum-cille -- The Cathach -- The Book of Durham -- The Book of Durrow -- Saint Willibrod & the Echternach Gospels -- The Durham Gospels -- The Venerable Bede -- Lindisfarne & its Gospel -- Gospels of St Chad -- Canterbury -- The Book of Kells -- The Book of Armagh -- The Book of Dimma -- The St GGall Gospel Book -- The four evangelists -- The cross -- Angels & man -- Zoomorphic ornaments -- The tree of life -- Spirals -- Interlaced knotwork -- Key patterns.
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