Can you believe it, we’re in Dublin! The weather is sunny and cool. It should get down to 36 tonight. Brrrr… We headed out at 10:00 this morning with about 4 or 5 couples from the campground. Caught the bus into the city. It’s about 6 miles away and traffic is heavy. Dublin has about 1,200,000. people. So, not a small city. We headed for Trinity College and the Book of Kells. Over a thousand years ago monks lived in communities devoted to the study of God’s word, fasts and manual work. The message of the life of Christ was spread through gospel books. The Book of Kells contains a lavishly decorated copy, in Latin, of the four gospels. The Book of Kells was probably produced in the 9th century by the monks of Iona. They hand printed the book on vellum( calf skin) and bound it in richly decorated leather. The incredible illustrations were done with colored pigments mixed with egg white. Incredible hardly describes it. We then went through the Trinity library which houses over 200,000 of Irelands oldest books. After that we took a break and had a nice lunch. Renewed, we headed for Dublin Castle. However they were having government meetings so that will have to wait for tomorrow. We headed instead to the Chester Beatty Library. He is an American who made his money in mining. Then moved to London. He started collecting, art, furniture, textiles, books and many rare and fine things. Upon his Death the collection was bequeathed to a trust for the benefit of the public. Lucky Us ! Then on to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, The Normans built a church in stone on the site where St. Patrick use to baptize converts, in 1191. It’s a beautiful church which is still used for services. It is an Anglican Episcopal church, since Henry the 8th broke with the Catholic Church. Then it was over to Christ Church another medieval Cathedral. This is a wonderful example of a gothic church. It has been beautifully restored and is fabulous. We then headed back to the bus and back to camp and dinner. It was a long day!
12 May, 05’ Thursday, St. Patrick’s Cathedral circ. 1170
Can you believe it, we’re in Dublin! The weather is sunny and cool. It should get down to 36 tonight. Brrrr… We headed out at 10:00 this morning with about 4 or 5 couples from the campground. Caught the bus into the city. It’s about 6 miles away and traffic is heavy. Dublin has about 1,200,000. people. So, not a small city. We headed for Trinity College and the Book of Kells. Over a thousand years ago monks lived in communities devoted to the study of God’s word, fasts and manual work. The message of the life of Christ was spread through gospel books. The Book of Kells contains a lavishly decorated copy, in Latin, of the four gospels. The Book of Kells was probably produced in the 9th century by the monks of Iona. They hand printed the book on vellum( calf skin) and bound it in richly decorated leather. The incredible illustrations were done with colored pigments mixed with egg white. Incredible hardly describes it. We then went through the Trinity library which houses over 200,000 of Irelands oldest books. After that we took a break and had a nice lunch. Renewed, we headed for Dublin Castle. However they were having government meetings so that will have to wait for tomorrow. We headed instead to the Chester Beatty Library. He is an American who made his money in mining. Then moved to London. He started collecting, art, furniture, textiles, books and many rare and fine things. Upon his Death the collection was bequeathed to a trust for the benefit of the public. Lucky Us ! Then on to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, The Normans built a church in stone on the site where St. Patrick use to baptize converts, in 1191. It’s a beautiful church which is still used for services. It is an Anglican Episcopal church, since Henry the 8th broke with the Catholic Church. Then it was over to Christ Church another medieval Cathedral. This is a wonderful example of a gothic church. It has been beautifully restored and is fabulous. We then headed back to the bus and back to camp and dinner. It was a long day!
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