{"product_id":"the-schaffhausen-adomnan-damian-bracken-9781782051183","title":"The Schaffhausen Adomnan","description":"This facsimile of a major Irish historical manuscripts reproduces the earliest surviving copy of Adomnan's \u003ci\u003eVita Columbae\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLife of St Columba\u003c\/i\u003e, dating from the late seventh century. Columba established one of the greatest Irish monastic and cultural foundations of the Middle Ages on the Island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland, in the 560s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdomnan's \u003ci\u003eLife of St Columba\u003c\/i\u003e has been described as perhaps the most sophisticated saint's life to be written in western Europe in the course of the seventh century. It bears witness to the scholarly and spiritual attainments of early Irish Christian culture. The manuscript reprinted in facsimile is one of the foremost achievements of that learned culture and has been preserved in the Stadtbibliothek, Schaffhausen, Switzerland since the eighteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damian Bracken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 178205118X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782051183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cork University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 14.10h x 9.90w x 1.80d","brand":"Damian Bracken","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44169908191487,"sku":"9781782051183","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_beae1b02-56fa-484b-b4ed-b43e8d34cc34.jpg?v=1689655622","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-schaffhausen-adomnan-damian-bracken-9781782051183","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}