Across a Dark and Wild SeaMacmillan, 2002 - 32 pàgines Columcille was born in a remote corner of Ireland in the year 521. Legend has it that as a child, he was fed a cake filled with the letters of the alphabet, and so learned to love writing. He grew up to become a monk and a scribe a thousand years before the invention of printing, when books had to be copied by hand. There was one book, a beautiful volume of psalms from distant Rome, that Columcille especially loved, and even though its owner refused him permission, Columcille secretly copied it. The copy was discovered, and a dispute arose over who it belonged to: Columcille, who made it, or the owner of the original. So better was the argument that a battle was fought between the two men's powerful friends; although Columcille's side won, the victory felt hollow to him. To punish himself, he set out in a tiny boat, vowing to leave Ireland forever. A revered figure in Celtic history, Columcille (also known as Columbia) founded the famous monastery on the Scottish island of Iona and left a legacy of learning that illuminated a corner of the Dark Ages. History, drama, and a love of books and reading fill a story--told here in exquisite watercolors and deflty understated prose by noted author and artist Don Brown. |
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... Connecticut 06804 All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Brown , Don , 1949 Across a dark and wild sea / by Don Brown . p . cm . 1. Columba , Saint , 521-597 - Juvenile literature . 2. Christian ...
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ALPHABET ANIMAL SKIN argued battle beautiful BLUE BOAT Book of Kells book of Psalms BOOKMAKING born BROOK PRESS BROOKFIELD BROWN calendar called Christian church Civilization clan collection color Columba Columcille became Columcille's CONNECTICUT copy DARK AGES dark and wild DEBORAH KOGAN RAY defeated devoted Diarmait dispute entirely established faith felt fighters Finnian FOLIOS forgotten FRAME friends garden GOOSE grandmother hand harvested HIDES High King IGNORANCE illustrator INSECT Iona Ireland Irish joined known labor Large and strong learned LEATHER lettering appeared Lily Lily's live loved books manuscripts MINERALS monastery monk night Oak apples old bard Oxford pagan Painted parchment pens people's minds poems precious Prince Printed Psalter punish QUILL rare Reading and writing ROARING BROOK PRESS Roman Empire rule sail Saints schools Scotland scribes sentences Sheahan story STRETCH AND SCRAPE stubborn thin things three thousand tree UNCIAL Western wild sea words worthy written wrote York