Derrynaflan –
Tucked away on a remote island in Ireland, there is treasure priceless treasures were hidden by the monks. What’s the story like?
The island of Derrynaflan, a small island in Tipperary, Ireland, holds a secret that not many people know. The secret is in the treasure treasure rare that many people are looking for.
Derrynaflan is no ordinary island. This tiny 44 acre private estate in Ireland’s greater hinterland is not surrounded by oceans or lakes.
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Unusually, the land emerged from the swamps of the vast brownish bogs of the Tipperary area. His presence was like an extraordinary green mirage. However, according to the dictionary, the land is classified as an island.
This is where the first Hermetic monks in Ireland retreated in the 6th century. As much of Europe was shaken by the post-Roman chaos of the Middle Ages, these saints and scholars reacted.
Enter the golden age of scholasticism and extraordinary artistic achievements, marked by the settlement of monks such as Derrynaflan. But what’s really interesting about Derrynaflan is of course treasure priceless that it was most likely left here by the monks.
Discovered only a few decades ago, the discovery changed Irish law and is one of the most interesting archaeological finds in Irish art history.
Controversially, this little-known mystical land became famous in the field of international archeology in 1980, when a man and his son from the town of Clonmel, about 25 km away, discovered richly decorated cups and saucers. They found the object using a simple metal detector.
“The chalice was actually the chalice used in 9th-century holy mass. And the ‘plate’ that was found was an 8th-century paten that was used to hold bread during the medieval Irish church Eucharist,” he said. known as Nessa O’Connor, curator. and archaeologists from the National Museum of Ireland.
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8th century trophy Photo: National Museum of Ireland— |
“These objects are elite objects of a very, very high standard of craftsmanship made at the highest point of the early Irish church,” he said.
“The silver trophy and paten were beautifully decorated by ancient Celtic goldsmiths,” O’Connor explains.
Beautiful gold braids called “filigree” form an intricate embellishment the size of a postage around the edges of the paten, in a decidedly Irish style. Patena is also the only surviving example of its kind from early medieval relics in Western Europe.
Wine filters and supports (for the paten) complete the Insular Art collection. Insular was a common art style in Ireland and England between 600 and 900 AD, heavily influenced by the expansion of the Irish monastic tradition).
“The combination of things is unique. It’s a complete altar set,” O’Connor said.
Next: The tradition of burying valuables is common to monks
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