Chris Findlay

Chris Findlay studied History and English at the universities of Freiburg i.Br. and Cambridge and works as a freelance journalist. He is a bibliophile and passionate about manuscripts and paleography.

Of Monks and Monsters: The Schaffhausen Vita Sancti Columbae

Chris Findlay 22.08.2023 The Schaffhausen Municipal Library is home to a manuscript of great significance: The Hiberno-Scottish saint’s life of Columba of Iona provides insight into a period of history about which little is known. It also contains the oldest account of a monster in Loch Ness.

The first page of the Vita Sancti Columbae, written around the year 700.