Never interested in impressive edifices, Irish monks preferred to spend their time in study, prayer, farming—and, of course, copying.... a little hut for each monk... a refectory and kitchen; a scriptorium and library; a smithy, a kiln, a mill, and a couple of barns; a modest church—and they were in business.


Ch. VI What Was Found - How the Irish Saved Civilization (1995)

Thomas Cahill Quotes

Never interested in impressive edifices, Irish monks preferred to spend their time in study, prayer, farming—and, of course, copying.... a little...

Never interested in impressive edifices, Irish monks preferred to spend their time in study, prayer, farming—and, of course, copying.... a little...

Never interested in impressive edifices, Irish monks preferred to spend their time in study, prayer, farming—and, of course, copying.... a little...

Never interested in impressive edifices, Irish monks preferred to spend their time in study, prayer, farming—and, of course, copying.... a little...