Aurial of Darluse Wood, the original writer of Sacred Memories , was a parchment maker of unsurpassed skill in the south of England during the early part of the 7th century. In this dark time of ignorance and illiteracy, he had the good fortune to be raised, educated, and trained in his craft by a kindly and wise order of monks after the misfortune of losing his parents to a plague at the age of three. From early childhood, Aurial spent many hours...