Beyond the Book of Kells: The Book of Armagh
Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 6:30 – 8pm 
This lecture is part of a series entitled "Beyond the Book of Kells: The stories of eight other medieval manuscripts from the library of Trinity College Dublin."
In this final lecture of the series, Dr Immo Warntjes from the Department of History at Trinity College Dublin will discuss MS 52: The Book of Armagh. This work is probably Trinity's most important manuscript after the Book of Kells. Copied at the behest of Torbach, abbot of Armagh, in the early ninth century by the scribe Ferdomnach, TCD MS 52 contains not only the earliest text of the New Testament from Ireland, but also a suite of works without which Ireland's patron saint, Patrick, would be almost unknown.
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Book Launch
On 1st May there will be a reception to mark the launch of Trinity Long Room Hub Visiting Fellow Dr James L. Smiths book 'Water in Medieval Intellectual Culture: Case Studies from Twelfth-Century Monasticism' (Turnhout: Brepols, 2018) with an introduction by Dr Mark Hennessy at 17:30 which is open to all Beyond the Book of Kells attendees.
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Further Information
To over 600,000 visitors a year, Trinity is synonymous with the Book of Kells. But that ninth-century manuscript is only part of the story. Ranging in date from the fifth century to the sixteenth, and with origins from across Western Europe, Trinity’s six hundred medieval manuscripts contain languages from Latin and Greek to Old Irish, Old English, Welsh, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Provencal, and Vaudois. The texts embody in microcosm the entire gamut of medieval thought. This series of lectures from manuscript experts – Irish and international – will offer the public an opportunity to encounter eight other extraordinary books from Trinity’s collections, from the ninth-century Book of Armagh to a key manuscript of one of the great medieval English poets, William Langland.
The "Beyond the Book of Kells" lecture series is lead by Dr Mark Faulkner of Trinity College's School of English. It is held as part of the Manuscript, Print, and Book Cultures research theme, in association with the Trinity Long Room Hub, the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and the Library of Trinity College Dublin.
The manuscripts have been digitised to coincide with this lecture series. For more information, please click here.
Campus Location: Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute
Accessibility: Yes
Room: Neill Lecture Theatre
Research Theme: Manuscript, Book and Print Culture
Event Category: Arts and Culture, Lectures and Seminars, Library, Public
Type of Event: One-time event
Audience: Public
Cost: Free
Contact Name: Dr Mark Faulkner
Contact Email: mark.faulkner@tcd.ie
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