Cairnech, Illuminator
(fl. c. 500-560)
Illuminator
From A Dictionary of Irish Artists 1913
Called "the bald"; mentioned in the "Lebor Brecc," c. 1400, as "Ciaran's scribe; it is he that wrote the wondrous writing, to wit, Ciaran's 'Departure,' with its many illuminations."
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