ADAMNAN’S “VITA COLUMBÆ”
Oldest Scottish book in existence—A sturdy survival—Criteria of
age—Dorbene the copyist—Romantic history of the MS.—Now in
Schaffhausen—Adamnan, a rare personality—Abbot and
scholar—Influential career—Attitude to the two great questions
that divided the Celtic churches—Pathetic estrangement—“Lex
Adamnani”—A mighty social revolution—Death—His writings—“The
Vision of Adamnan”—His _Life of Columba_ in three
parts—Remarkable contents—Most valuable monument of the early
Celtic Church—List of MSS. in which preserved—Latin _versus_
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