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Erin go Braugh! The tale of St. Patrick is really a revelation for we Scotch-Irish immigrants to the USA, where we see little but green beer and hats. If you can, please take the opportunity to check out Thomas Cahill's enthusiastic tale of Ireland, St. Patrick, and Christianity and the preservation of civilization through the collapse of the Roman Empire. How the Irish Saved Civilization is a somewhat biased but nonetheless eye-opening history of "Ireland's heroic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe." The figure above is from the frontispiece of the book, "a page from the Lindisfarne Gospel, completed in 698. Note the languages: in red letters at the top of the page is an inscription in Latin: 'Here begins the Gospel according to Matthew'. Above the latin in small, dark brown letters, a scribe added a translation in early English: "Onginneth Godspell..." The large lettering is a primitive Irish form of the Latin alphabet, while the interlocking animals and other forms have their origins in prehistoric Irish art forms. They also appear to presage some of the work of Maurits C Escher.

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