Download and print out colouring sheets related to the Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe exhibition
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Each of these sheets have been created to mark the opening of the exhibition and have been created in partnership with the Royal Irish Academy and the Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen. Some pages are illustrations from The Irish Art of Calligraphy by Timothy O'Neill (Royal Irish Academy, 2024) and reproduced by permission of the Royal Irish Academy.
When you have completed your colouring sheets, why not send us a picture to educationarch@museum.ie or post a photo online through Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #MuseumAtHome.
This activity is designed for children aged 7-12 years old and is curriculum linked to the SESE History Curriculum. This can be completed at home, as a family activity, or used by Primary school teachers and students.
Colouring Sheet: Royal Irish Academy, from The Irish Art of Calligraphy by Timothy O'Neill 1
Colouring Sheet: Royal Irish Academy, from The Irish Art of Calligraphy by Timothy O'Neill 2
Colouring Sheet: Royal Irish Academy, from The Irish Art of Calligraphy by Timothy O'Neill 3
Colouring Sheet: Royal Irish Academy, from The Irish Art of Calligraphy by Timothy O'Neill 4
Colouring Sheet: Irish Gospels of St. Gall. St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 51, p. 78. c. ad 750.
Colouring Sheet: The Evangelist Matthew as Scribe. St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1395, p. 418. c. ad
800.
Colouring Sheet: Gospel of St. John. St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 60, p. 5. c. ad 800.
Colouring Sheet: Peccavimus fragment. St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1395, p. 426. 9th century ad.
Colouring Sheet: Book Shrine, Lough Kinale, Tonymore North, Co. Longford. Early 9th century AD.
Colouring Sheet: Silver bossed penannular brooch, Ballyspellan, Co. Kilkenny. Late 9th-early 10th century AD.
Colouring Sheet: Decorative feature from wood and gilt bronze processional cross, Tully Lough, Tully, Co. Roscommon. 9th century AD.
Colouring Sheet: Decorative glass studs from belt-shrine, Moylough, Co. Sligo. 8th century AD.