St. columba presentation
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what is the project
who was St Columba
Why should I design a book about him
What are my aims for the project? What will it look like?
Where WAS HE FROM? What DID HE DO?
WHY WAS HE IMPORTANT?
What good would it do? Why now?
Who would be interested?
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What are my aims?
To produce a illustrated book detailing the life of Saint Columba
The aims of this book are: To inform To educate & to inspire
inform
educate
My book
inspire
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what aims
To inform
I want people that are not aware of who saint Columba was (especially people of Ireland) to read the book and to get an idea of what a monumental and historical figure he was and is. And how we should not forget about him and his achievements.
To educate
I want For those who know who saint Columba was to learn more about his life. To become aware of his pivotal role in early Irish and British Christianity. To realise how important saint Columba was in terms of not only religion but art, language and culture.
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To inspire
I want people who read the book to be inspired by what saint Columba did and to inform people. To spread awareness and to re-kindle some interest in him so that they might want to learn more about him.
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The look
This is the titling of the book, this is the style most of the text will be written in.
The Gutenberg bible
The written content will be structured Like the text in the Gutenberg bible.
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what the look
The look
Saint Columba in the standard saint like pose Saint Columba by the sea which he travelled
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what the look
Who WAS SAINT COLUMBA? *
* WHERE WAS HE FROM
* WHAT DID HE DO
* WHY IS HE IMPORTANT
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who
* WHERE WAS HE FROM?
* Lived 521-597
* Born in gartan, co. Donegal
* Became monk & ordained priest
* Founded monastery in Derry Lough gartan
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who origin
* What did he do?
* Became a missonary
* Established connections between gaels And picts
* Converted the picts of Scotland
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who achievements
* Why is he important
* Founded the monastery on Iona
* Acted as peacemaker between tribes
* Spread Christianity in western Europe
* Influenced art culture & language
* Key figure in revival of monasticism
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who importance
WHY SHOULD I DESIGN A BOOK ABOUT ST COLUMBA
WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO?
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* WHY NOW? *
WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED? *
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why
Restore pride to city? *
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Add historical weight to c.o.c? *
* What GOOD WOULD IT DO?
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why relevance
Window of opportunity for 2013 *
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More receptive to local history *
An influx of tourists *
* Why now?
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why opportunity
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thank you