Yes -- the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels ... of course!!

Themis-Athena wrote: "Yes -- the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels ... of course!!"

Both inordinately beautiful too and it is with some regret that I passed these reproduced books onto lillebror but what finer destination could they have had.

How very generous! I'm sure your brother was most appreciative ...

Used to have that superb illumination of the ginger haired monks hanging on the wall and now I can't find a google to show you.
:O(

Hmmm. :( None of these, I assume? (But then, they're not all monks to begin with, and if I could find them on Google, you'd have turned them up as well ...)

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Themis-Athena wrote: "Hmmm. :( None of these, I assume? (But then, they're not all monks to begin with, and if I could find them on Google, you'd have turned them up as well ...)

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They are all lovely (natch) but the one I was looking for was seven(or maybe it was five) flame haired tonsured monks all in profile and, amazingly, with distinguishing features - on such a small scale. Breathtakingly wonderful.

Thanks for looking but I have been through all the google pages trying to find.

I'll just have to go back again to Trinity - and a revisit to Newgrange has always been on the cards; next time also a trip further up the river to the other site (name escapes me for the mo')

Arbour Hill?

The Knowth Passage Tombs - further up the valley:

Ah! Bend of the Boyne. Yes, that's on my to be visited list as well (of course ...)

Themis-Athena wrote: "Ah! Bend of the Boyne. Yes, that's on my to be visited list as well (of course ...)"

don't they look like hobbit holes

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Totally!

But didn't Tolkien take inspiration from some such thing actually?

Themis-Athena wrote: "Totally!

But didn't Tolkien take inspiration from some such thing actually?"

Indeed he did, however I hadn't figured Ireland as a source. In the woods here, set by the brook is what we call the hobbit hole - in actuality it is a root store. A hump with one door, turfed over and now, sadly, has trees growing out, the roots of which will destroy it. I'll see if I have photos to show you what I mean

Sounds lovely!