Pages of The Book of Deer which shows the Latin gospel text and Scottish Gaelic written in the margin. PIC: Courtesy of The Book of Deer Project.
Posted on 03/22/2018 4:35:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists are to return to the potential site of a lost Pictish monastery where Scottish Gaelic was written down for the first time.
Archaeologist Alison Cameron and her team could be on the brink of making a discovery of national importance at land close to Old Deer in Aberdeenshire...
For 10 years, a search has been made for the monastery that dates from the sixth century but disappeared around 1,000 years ago. Some believe the Book of Deer, a richly decorated pocket-sized book of gospels was created here with Gaelic notes on local life later written in the margins by monks.
Last year, Ms Cameron, director of Cameron Archaeology, switched the focus of the search to land near Deer Abbey and made a tantalising breakthrough when she discovered the remnants of a hearth and a previously undiscovered building below ground level.
(Excerpt) Read more at scotsman.com ...
Pages of The Book of Deer which shows the Latin gospel text and Scottish Gaelic written in the margin. PIC: Courtesy of The Book of Deer Project.
Is there a cave at the monastery in which several species of small furry animals are gathered together?
I think there is a church on the island of Oransay which is older than that and still used for ceremony tho it no longer has a roof.
Maybe built by St. Columba.
And grooving?
Cool book. How old is it?
Of course.
That was pretty avant-garde, wasn’t it?
Yes. The entire album was a bit strange.
Deer Abby Old Deer
Book of Deer
They really like deer over there, don’t they? Very original.
Surprised that Aberdeenshire isn’t Aberdeershire
Aberdeen translates as ‘at the mouth of the river Dee’.
In other news, Paul is dead.
Glenfidditch.... from the Valley of the Deer.
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