Insular script
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Insular script was a medieval script system used in Ireland and Britain (Latin: insula, "island"). It later spread to Continental Europe in centres under the influence of Celtic Christianity. Irish missionaries also took the script to Continental Europe, where they founded monasteries such as Bobbio. The scripts were in use also in monasteries influenced by English missionaries like Fulda. It is associated with Insular art, of which most surviving examples are illuminated manuscripts.

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Insular script was a medieval script system used in Ireland and Britain (Latin: insula, "island"). It later spread to Continental Europe in centres under the influence of Celtic Christianity. Irish missionaries also took the script to Continental Europe, where they founded monasteries such as Bobbio. The scripts were in use also in monasteries influenced by English missionaries like Fulda. It is associated with Insular art, of which most surviving examples are illuminated manuscripts.