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Dr. Bernard Meehan
Visiting Research Fellow, History

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Bernard Meehan, The Book of Mulling (Trinity College Dublin MS 60): Bindings and "Blurrings"', Proceedings of the Seventh International Insular Art Conference, Seventh International Insular Art Conference, 2016 Conference Paper, 2016

Bernard Meehan, The Book of Kells: narrative and comment, Loyola Institute, TCD, 1st April, 2015 Invited Talk, 2015

Bernard Meehan, The St Cuthbert Gospel. Studies on the Insular Gospel of John , 2015 Book, 2015

Denis Casey and Bernard Meehan, Brian Boru and the Book of Armagh, History Ireland, 22, (2 (April)), 2014, p28 - 29 Journal Article, 2014

The text and decoration of the Book of Kells: fos 179v-180r in, editor(s)W.E Vaughan , The Old Library Trinity College Dublin 1712-2012, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2013, pp18 - 27, [Bernard Meehan] Book Chapter, 2013

L.Burgio, S.Bioletti, B.Meehan, Non-destructive in-situ analysis of three early medieval manuscripts from Trinity College Library, Dublin. Codex Usseranius Primus, Book of Durrow and the Book of Armagh, Making Histories. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Insular Art, York, 2011, edited by Jane Hawkes , Shaun Tyas, 2013, pp42 - 49 Conference Paper, 2013

Bernard Meehan, '"New" Narrative Scenes in the Book of Kells', Making Histories. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Insular Art, York, 2011, edited by Jane Hawkes , Shaun Tyas, 2013, pp242 - 245 Conference Paper, 2013

Bernard Meehan, The Book of Kells, London, Thames & Hudson, 2012, 266pp Book, 2012

Bernard Meehan, The Book of Kells and the labour of writing, Confluence, 2010-2011, 2011, pII - III Journal Article, 2011

Susan Bioletti, Rory Leahy, John Fields, Bernard Meehan and Werner Blau , The examination of the Book of Kells using micro-Raman spectroscopy, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 40, (8), 2009, p1043 - 1049 Journal Article, 2009 DOI

Bernard Meehan, Looking the Devil in the eye: the figure of Satan in the Book of Kells folio 202v, Making and Meaning in Insular Art. Proceedings of the Fifth International conference on Insular art, Dublin, 2005, edited by Rachel Moss , 2007, pp268 - 274 Conference Paper, 2007

Bernard Meehan, The Faddan More Psalter , Archaeology Ireland. Special Supplement: The Faddan More Psalter. A Medieval Manuscript Discovered in County Tipperary, Ireland, 20 July 2006, 77 Special Suppl., (Autumn), 2006, p11 - 13 Journal Article, 2006

Book satchels in medieval Scotland and Ireland' in, editor(s)Anne Crone and Ewan Campbell , A Crannog of the First Millennium AD, Edinburgh, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2005, pp85 - 92, [Bernard Meehan] Book Chapter, 2005

Bernard Meehan, Conrad on Olmeijer: An Unpublished Letter of 1914, The Conradian, 29, (1 (Spring)), 2004, p139 - 143 Journal Article, 2004

Symeon of Durham (fl. c.1090-c.1128), Benedictine monk and historian, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004, [Bernard Meehan] Item in dictionary or encyclopaedia, etc, 2004 URL

Bernard Meehan, Manuscript accessions in Trinity College Library Dublin, 1982-2003, Part 1, Long Room, 48, 2003, p38 - 55 Journal Article, 2003

Lost and found: a stray of the thirteenth century from Trinity College Library in, V. Kinane and A. Walsh , Essays towards a history of TCD Library, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1999, pp116 - 119, [Bernard Meehan] Book Chapter, 1999

Notes on the Preliminary Texts and Continuations to Symeon of Durham's Libellus de exordio in, editor(s)D. W. Rollason , Symeon of Durham. Historian of Durham and the North, Stamford, Lincs, Paul Watkins, 1999, pp127 - 137, [Bernard Meehan] Book Chapter, 1999

Bernard Meehan, 'A melody of curves across the page': art and calligraphy in the Book of Armagh, Irish Arts Review , 14, 1998, p91 - 101 Journal Article, 1998

The Book of Kells and the Corbie Psalter (with a note on Harley 2788) in, editor(s)Toby Barnard, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Katharine Simms , 'A Miracle of Learning': studies in manuscripts and Irish learning : essays in honour of William O'Sullivan, Ashgate, Scholar Press, 1998, pp29 - 39, [Bernard Meehan] Book Chapter, 1998

Bernard Meehan, The Book of Durrow. a medieval masterpiece at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Colorado, Town House and Country House; Roberts Rinehart, 1996, 94pp Book, 1996

Bernard Meehan, The Book of Kells: an illustrated introduction to the manuscript in Trinity College Dublin, London, Thames & Hudson, 1994, 95pp Book, 1994

Durham twelfth-century manuscripts in Cistercian houses in, editor(s)D. Rollason, M. Harvey and M. Prestwich , Anglo-Norman Durham, Boydell Press, 1994, pp439 - 449, [Bernard Meehan] Book Chapter, 1994

The manuscript collection of James Ussher in, editor(s)Peter Fox , Treasures of the Library, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, 1986, pp97 - 110, [Bernard Meehan] Book Chapter, 1986

Bernard Meehan, A note on the Dublin Apocalypse (Trinity College Dublin MS. 64, Scriptorium, 38, 1984, p82 - 83 Journal Article, 1984

Bernard Meehan(ed.), Archives and Copyright: papers read at a conference of The Irish Region of the Society of Archivists, Belfast, 1982, The Irish Region of the Society of Archivists, 1983 Proceedings of a Conference, 1983

Bernard Meehan, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Prophecies of Merlin: New Manuscript Evidence, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, 28, 1978, p37 - 46 Journal Article, 1978

Bernard Meehan, The siege of Durham, the battle of Carham and the cession of Lothian, Scottish Historical Review, 55, 1976, p1 - 19 Journal Article, 1976

Bernard Meehan, Outsiders, insiders and property in Durham around 1100, Studies in Church History, 12, 1975, p45 - 58 Journal Article, 1975

Bernard Meehan, he St Cuthbert Gospel, John, and the Irish 'pocket' Gospels', Seventh International Insular Art Conference, NUI Galway, July 2014; Conference Paper,

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Bernard Meehan, The Book of Kells, Artonview, 21, 2000, p4 - 8 Journal Article, 2000

Research Expertise

Keywords

Archaeology of medieval Britain and Ireland; Biblical Studies; Celtic Studies; European History; Fine Arts; Historical Documents; History; History & Appreciation of Art; Insular Art; Ireland, Scotland and wales in the Middle ages; Irish Writing; Manuscripts/Books/Music Scores; MEDIEVAL; Medieval art in Ireland; Medieval Britain; Medieval Europe; Medieval History; Medieval Ireland; Medieval Studies; Museums; Religious History; The literary sources

Recognition

Representations

Chairman of AMARC (Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections)

National reporter for Ireland: CERL, European Manuscript Librarians Group

Memberships

Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections

CERL, European Manuscript Librarians Group