Over the course of the 6th and 7th centuries, especially after the Gregorian mission, the south of Britain came under the direct influence of continental Christianity, mainly Italian. The Irish missionaries brought their art to Britain along with their religion. The Irish monks took part in the conversion of Scotland and the north of Great Britain, establishing numerous monasteries, such as Iona Abbey, founded by Columba in Scotland in 563 and Lindisfarne, founded by Aidan in Northumbria in 635. the Book of Dimma and the Book of Mulling), and large works, reserved for the liturgical services of the monasteries (such as the Book of Kells). Two types of manuscripts dominated: small format gospels to be used by preachers and missionaries or in private worship (e.g. The new religious institutions of Celtic Christianity, mostly organised around monasteries, ordered the creation of numerous works of art, liturgical objects and vestments, and also manuscripts. The Insular artistic style began after the conversion of Ireland by St Patrick in the 4th and 5th centuries AD. Around sixty manuscripts are known from this period. The most celebrated books of this sort are largely gospel books. It is characterised by decoration strongly influenced by metalwork, the constant use of interlacing, and the importance assigned to calligraphy. Insular illumination refers to the production of illuminated manuscripts in the monasteries of Ireland and Great Britain between the 6th and 9th centuries, as well as in monasteries under their influence on continental Europe. Folio 27 of the Lindisfarne Gospels, British Library, Cotton MS Nero D.IV
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