CLOG (Univ. of Glasgow)
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Culdamh and the Camus: which came first?
Full text linkThis chapter tries to unravel the relationship between the names of the dwelling of Culdamh, on the Machair on Iona\u27s western shore, and the various names given to the bay at the Machair, generally given as Camus Cùil an t-Saimh
You won’t get better: Healing and enclosure in Adomnán’s Vita Columbae
Full text linkUnlike many hagiographers who proclaim the healing miracles performed by their saint at his or her tomb in order to attract pilgrims, Adomnán in his Life of Columba very deliberately declines to do so. His saint does heal lay people, but never on Iona. By rejecting the hagiographical tradition which draws the sick to the saint’s grave, Adomnán seeks to defend the clausura—the enclosed monastic space—of his community, and to exclude people and practices which would disrupt the spiritual bond between the monks and their abbot
The discovery of a new continental version: The Berlin fragment of the Vita Sancti Columbae Adamnani
Full text linkThe Secret State Archives of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin holds a manuscript fragment of Adomnán’s Vita Sancti Columbae. This fragment of an abridged text version of the saint’s Vita seems to have been completely unknown until now. In any case, neither in the relevant manuscript bibliographies nor in the editions of the Vita Sancti Columbae is there a corresponding entry. This contribution begins with a presentation of the Berlin fragment concerning its appearance and the context in which it was found. Then, the fragment will be contextualised based on its particularities, followed by an interpretation of its possible provenance
The church of Teampall Rònain: his or hers?
Full text linkThis chapter considers the historical forms of the name of the church near the Nunnery in Iona, Teampall Rònain or St Ronan\u27s Church. It argues that the church is in fact dedicated to a female saint, Rònag or Rònnad, to be identified with the mother of St Adomnán
The ‘Iona Psalter’ – probably
Full text linkThis chapter investigates the putative connection between Iona and National Library of Scotland MS 10000, a prayer book made around 1200. It suggests that there maybe reasons to look elsewhere for the original patron of the manuscript
A Benedictine shift
Full text linkThis chapter explores the usually accepted idea that disputes evident over the governance of Iona during the late 12th and early 13th centuries were about the imposition of the Benedictine rule on the island. It proposes instead that the dispute was largely factional, suggesting that the Benedictine rule may long have been in place in Iona
Tracks and paths
Full text linkThis chapter discusses the various tracks and paths which connect the different part of Iona, and the names connected with them
At the world’s end: where was Iona in the seventh century?
Full text linkIn this short chapter, the position of Iona at the edge of the mental map of the world that rpevailed int he 7th century is explored.