Description: This book is a dramatically told and visually stunning account of a ninth-century hermitage discovered on the South Peak of Skellig Michael, an island off the west coast of Ireland. It is the story, pieced together from fragmentary remains, study, and conjecture, of a man's attempt to live on a tiny ledge some 700 feet above the Atlantic on the outer edge of the European land mass, alone, as close to God as possible, in what is perhaps the ne plus ultra of ecstatic monastic solitude. Richly illustrated with maps, plans, and photographs that capture both the astonishing beauty and isolation of the hermitage, the text also includes reconstruction drawings of the site that combine a surveyor's accuracy with an artist's imaginative response to the hermit who found spiritual refuge on a pinnacle.
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Book Title: The Forgotten Hermitage of Skellig Michael
Book Series: University of California Press Centennial Books
Original Language: English
Item Length: 11.5 In
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: .5 In.
Personalized: No
Topic: History
Item Width: 0.5 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Duchas - The Heritage Service
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Edition: Centenial Edition
Publication Year: 1990
Type: Illustrated History
Author: Jenny White Marshall, Walter Horn, Grellan D. Rourke
Genre: History
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Item Weight: 1.5 Lbs.
Number of Pages: 110 Pages
