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The Book of Kells: Image and Text / Introduction to the Book of Kells
Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Introduction to the Book of Kells The Book of Kells, Trinity College Dublin, MS 58, widely recognised as one of Ireland’s most significant medieval treasures, is a wonderful example of an Insular Gospel book. … Continue reading
The Book of Kells: Image and Text / Making Manuscripts
Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Making Manuscripts Medieval manuscripts were written by hand, the word ‘manuscript’ being derived from the Latin words ‘manu’ meaning ‘by hand’ and ‘scriptus’ meaning ‘written’. They were copied on parchment made from the skins … Continue reading
The Book of Kells: Image and Text / Introduction
Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History, UCC Special Collections and HI6091: Skills for Medieval Historians Special Collections, UCC Library is delighted to welcome students engaging with our collections. We in Special Collections consider that this online exhibition on the Book … Continue reading
Theses 1000
This week the UCC institutional repository, CORA has reached a milestone moment surpassing 1,000 doctoral thesis records. Since Autumn 2013, doctoral candidates have been required to submit their thesis record and abstract to CORA therefore the bulk of our collection … Continue reading
UCC’s Special Collections on Shush! Sounds from UCC Library
Recently I was asked to record a segment about UCC Library’s Special Collections for a music & library radio chat show: Shush! Sounds from UCC Library. The show is hosted by Martin O’Connor & Ronan Madden for UCC 98.3 FM Monday … Continue reading
Behind the Stories: Harry Potter at The River-side
UCC’s Harry Potter Society is very active and when each academic year begins holds a sorting ceremony and has a Yule Ball at Hallowe’en. This year in mid-November the latest film in the Harry Potter universe is to be released: … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy, Halloween, Harry Potter, magic, magical beasts, special collections, sport, witch, witchcraft, wizard
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Culture Night: Shakespeare’s Sources & the Boole Library’s Resources
The River-side welcomes this guest post from Dr Edel Semple, School of English on her experience using items from Special Collections’ early modern books collections in her Culture Night talk ‘Shakespeare’s Sources and Boole Library’s Resources.’ Shakespeare’s Sources and Boole … Continue reading
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Tagged early modern books, Edel Semple, English, Printed books, Shakespeare, special collections
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Mountaineering: Being On Top of the World
In 1856 a British team calculated the height of Mt Everest as 29,002 feet (8,848 metres) above sea level. 2016 marks the 160th anniversary of this calculation and until mid-April there is a display on mountaineering on Q floor, Boole Library. … Continue reading
