Rare books from the collection of the Marian Library of the University of Dayton Dayton in Ohio are seen in this undated image. (OSV News/Marian Library, University of Dayton) Ireland is often described as a land unusually rich in the art of written memory, with a wealth of books, illuminated manuscripts, and a deep tradition of scholastic learning. From the early Middle Ages, its monasteries produced a vast array of annals, genealogies, saints’ vitae, and legal texts in seemingly unprecedented quantities. The Irish monasteries…
