Medievalists.net » Saint Adomnán of Iona http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Like a Duck to Water: Representations of Aquatic Animals in Early Anglo-Saxon Literature and Art http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/04/like-a-duck-to-water-representations-of-aquatic-animals-in-early-anglo-saxon-literature-and-art/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/04/like-a-duck-to-water-representations-of-aquatic-animals-in-early-anglo-saxon-literature-and-art/#comments Tue, 04 Feb 2014 22:41:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47310 In the second book of his Life of Columba abbot Adomnan of Iona relates some details regarding the second and third voyages of the monk Cormac in search of 'a desert place in the ocean'.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/04/like-a-duck-to-water-representations-of-aquatic-animals-in-early-anglo-saxon-literature-and-art/feed/ 0 Miracle Stories and the Primary Purpose of Adomnán’s Vita Columbae http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/06/miracle-stories-and-the-primary-purpose-of-adomnans-vita-columbae/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/06/miracle-stories-and-the-primary-purpose-of-adomnans-vita-columbae/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:30:17 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29878 Adomnán, the author of the VC, was Columba's ninth successor to the abbacy at Iona. 1 A great deal about his career, concerns and life can be found in contemporary literary evidence.

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