Text from the Cathach of St. Columba. Note the enlaged initial.

The Cathach of St. Columba (Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, s. n.) is an early seventh century Irish Psalter. It is traditionally associated with St. Columba (d. 597), and was identified as the copy made by him of a book loaned to him by St. Finnian, and which led to the Battle of Cul Dremhe in 561. Paleographic evidence, however, dates, the manuscript to the seventh century. There are 58 folios in the damaged and incomplete manuscript. The maximum size is 200 by 130 mm. Text from the Cathach of St. ... Text from the Cathach of St. ... Psalms (Tehilim תהילים, in Hebrew) is a book of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, and of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. ... Saint Columba (7 December 521 _ 9 June 597), the Latinized version of the Irish name Colmcille (Old Irish Columb Cille) meaning Dove of the church, was an Irish missionary monk who helped re_introduce Christianity to Scotland and the north of England. ... Events Clotaire I dies, and the Frankish kingdom is divided; Sigebert I becomes king of Austrasia, Chilperic I becomes king of Neustria, Charibert becomes king of Paris, and Guntram becomes king of Burgundy. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus, written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ...

The decoration of the Cathach is limited to the initial letter of each Psalm. Each initial is in black ink and is larger than the main text. They are decorated with trumpet, spiral and guilloch patterns and are often outlined with orange dots. These patterns are not merely appended to the letters or used to fill spaces. They instead distort the shape of the letters themselves. The letters following the enlarged initials gradually reduce in size until they reach the same size as the main text. Although the motifs of the Cathach decoration are not similar to decorations in later manuscripts, such as the Book of Durrow (which followed the Cathach by as many as seventy years), the ideas of decoration which distorts the shape of the letters and the diminution of initial letters are ideas which are worked out in great detail in later Insular art. Categories: Art stubs | Illuminated manuscripts | Hiberno-Saxon manuscripts ...

The Cathach was enclosed in a shrine in the eleventh century by Cathbar O'Donnell head of the O'Donnell Clan and Domnall McGroarty Abbot of Kells. The shrine was carried into battle by "The McGroarty" as a talisman. (Hence the name: Cathach = Battler). The manuscript was rediscovered in 1813, when the shrine was opened. The Cathach was entrusted to the Royal Irish Academy in 1842 by Sir Richard O'Donnell. The O'Donnell family always claimed ownership of the Cathach but the manuscript remained in the custody of The McGroartys it's official "Keepers". The Cathach's shrine is in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. Eastern Orthodox shrine Buddhist shrine just outside Wat Phnom. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) is one of Irelands premier learned societies and cultural institutions. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) is the main museum in Ireland. ... Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ...

Footnote

"The Illuminated manuscript page shown to the right above is part of many such illumnated works that show symbolism that has been forgotten.

The symbolism shows deep knowledge forgotten to present modern man that surpasses all information available today. /s/ Nautonnier"

f.n. reviewers / editors of these pages who remove such Holy comments are like the beasts of old that destroyed knowledge to keep mankind in the dark.