I write this missive as you are about to embark on your greatest mission to date: the difficult but holy task of helping to establish our new monastery on Rathlin Island. I trust you will find the island pleasant, though remote; on the occasion of my visit to the site for the new Priory of St. Dungal I found the people to be most welcoming.
Your particular duty will be to equip and maintain the scriptorium; truly a vital task for those who follow the Rule of St. Benedict. You are already an accomplished scribe, but as this has been my life’s work at the Abbey, it falls to me to provide instruction. I hope that you will accept my humble advice, that the scriptorium of St. Dungal’s Priory may be best able to honour the Word of God. As there is a great deal to tell I have divided it into sections, that you may be able to easily discover any answer you might seek.
