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Ghost Records: A 19th-century manuscript copy of lost chancery rollsMany may wonder why the Manuscripts for Medieval Studies project at Trinity features a 19th-century manuscript of reports relating to the Court of the Exchequer (TCD MS 1747), yet this work provides a fascinating insight into Ireland’s medieval history and contains unique copies of medieval records that no longer survive today in their original form, … Continue reading "Ghost Records: A 19th-century manuscript copy of lost chancery rolls" -
Reading the Manuscript Page: Design Features of the Medieval BookModern readers today rely on design features found in the pages of printed books to navigate their way through the text, but did you know that medieval manuscripts were read in much the same way? This post looks at the design features added by scribes to medieval pages, using a 14th-century Latin Vulgate Bible produced … Continue reading "Reading the Manuscript Page: Design Features of the Medieval Book" -
A Manuscript’s Journey through the English Civil WarsThe Manuscripts for Medieval Studies project has now digitised an early medieval collection of saints’ lives (TCD MS 174), produced between the late 11th- and early 12th centuries as one of four companion volumes at the Old Sarum Cathedral of Salisbury. See the manuscript in full here. So how did this manuscript reach Trinity College … Continue reading "A Manuscript’s Journey through the English Civil Wars" -
Farcical Fountains in the Fagel collectionIn our third guest post about the Fagel Collection by History of Art and Architecture students, Olivia Bayne tells us about fountains which were more than just decoration. Be ready to run! -
Ephemeral Architecture Eternalised in Print:Zoe Cooke, History of Art and Architecture student, discusses the 'Pompa Funebris Alberti' from our Fagel Collection.
Cuala Press Project
The Cuala Press Project commenced in October 2020 and is focused on two collections, the Cuala Press Print Collection (TCD MS 11574) and the Cuala Press Business Archives (TCD MS 11535). The project is supported by the Schooner Foundation which funded the appointment of an archivist, a conservator, a digital photographer, and a post-doctoral researcher in the history of art. The aim of the project is to catalogue, conserve, research and digitize the collections, and make them more accessible to researchers.
The Cuala Press was established by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats (1868-1940) and Susan Mary Yeats (1866-1949) in Churchtown, County Dublin in 1908. The Cuala Press Print collection comprises 111 hand-coloured prints designed for the Cuala Press by artists such as Dorothy Blackham, Beatrice Moss Campbell (Lady Glenavy), Mary Cottenham Yeats and Elizabeth Corbet Yeats. The Business Archives of the Cuala Press comprises approximately 81 boxes of material and includes some minute books of directors' meetings, cash books, letters, some original drawings for prints, sample books, and designs for embroidery. The Cuala Press collections are visually stunning and form an important part of Ireland's Creative Legacy.
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The Cuala Press Business ArchivesAn insight into the Business Archives of the Cuala Press written by Project Archivist Ciara Daly. -
Women of the Cuala – Maire ‘Molly’ GillTo celebrate Women's History Month we have a blog on Maire Gill, one of the longest serving employees of the Cuala Press. -
Women of the Cuala PressAn insight into the Women of the Cuala Press from the Cuala Press Prints Project. -
Cuala Press Prints ProjectAn insight into the Cuala Press Prints Project by Project Archivist Ciara Daly.
Fagel Collection Project
The Fagel Collection at the Library of Trinity College Dublin is one of the most important and largest still-extant Dutch private libraries from the eighteenth century. The library was assembled as a working library by several generations of the Fagel family, of whom successive members held high offices in the Dutch Republic throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Trinity College Dublin purchased the collection of books, pamphlets and maps as a whole in 1802.
The Library of Trinity College Dublin and the KB, National Library of the Netherlands will collaborate in a three-year project (2020-2022) for the conservation and digital cataloguing of the Dutch 18th-century Fagel Collection by the Library of Trinity. The project 'Unlocking the Fagel Collection' is made possible by the support of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken).
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Farcical Fountains in the Fagel collectionIn our third guest post about the Fagel Collection by History of Art and Architecture students, Olivia Bayne tells us about fountains which were more than just decoration. Be ready to run!
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Ephemeral Architecture Eternalised in Print:Zoe Cooke, History of Art and Architecture student, discusses the 'Pompa Funebris Alberti' from our Fagel Collection.
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The Fagel French Garden ConnectionThis post, by Niamh Flood, discusses the Chateau de Clagny and the Fagel House. -
Much ado about MOOCsMassive Open Online Courses are a 21st-century phenomenon and have become a popular means of learning, especially in the current worldwide lockdown situation. They are ‘massive’ and ‘open’ because there are no limits to the number of participants and no qualification requirements. With the development of technology, they are a natural progression from correspondence courses. … Continue reading "Much ado about MOOCs"
Manuscripts for Medieval Studies Project
The project, generously funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will seek to research, catalogue, conserve, digitise and share 16 medieval manuscripts of international research significance. The project outputs will be presented in the Library's Digital Collections platform in III-F display, allowing us to share our collections with communities around the world, to catalyse research and educational dissemination on a global scale, whilst ensuring the preservation of our collections for generations to come. The selection of manuscripts demonstrates the breadth and variety of the Library's collections of source material for the study of the art, history and culture of the medieval period, and the history of the book in particular.
The project will also directly contribute to teaching and research within Trinity College Dublin, foster collaborations with other research institutes, and will open up engagement with the manuscripts to a global audience at the click of a button. This project was personally supported by Dr Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, who died on 15 April 2021. This project will stand as a memorial to his deep belief in the transformative power of libraries as a 'vital necessity for the soul, mind and future dreams of a nation'.
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Ghost Records: A 19th-century manuscript copy of lost chancery rollsMany may wonder why the Manuscripts for Medieval Studies project at Trinity features a 19th-century manuscript of reports relating to the Court of the Exchequer (TCD MS 1747), yet this work provides a fascinating insight into Ireland’s medieval history and contains unique copies of medieval records that no longer survive today in their original form, … Continue reading "Ghost Records: A 19th-century manuscript copy of lost chancery rolls"
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Reading the Manuscript Page: Design Features of the Medieval BookModern readers today rely on design features found in the pages of printed books to navigate their way through the text, but did you know that medieval manuscripts were read in much the same way? This post looks at the design features added by scribes to medieval pages, using a 14th-century Latin Vulgate Bible produced … Continue reading "Reading the Manuscript Page: Design Features of the Medieval Book"
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A Manuscript’s Journey through the English Civil WarsThe Manuscripts for Medieval Studies project has now digitised an early medieval collection of saints’ lives (TCD MS 174), produced between the late 11th- and early 12th centuries as one of four companion volumes at the Old Sarum Cathedral of Salisbury. See the manuscript in full here. So how did this manuscript reach Trinity College … Continue reading "A Manuscript’s Journey through the English Civil Wars"
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A medieval manuscript in two partsWhen modern readers encounter medieval books, they are not always in their original form and the contents of many manuscripts have been altered over time by owners and institutions. One such example is a miscellany book of historical and religious works (now TCD MS 514), with a section of text missing and now part of … Continue reading "A medieval manuscript in two parts"