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Beautiful library of the early Enlightenment in central Dublin. Opened in 1707; still welcoming visitors, tourists and scholars. Registered Charity RCN 20000752
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialThe letter reads 'I recommend Abraham Stoker as a fit & proper person to read in Marsh's Library'
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialA spider with a skull pattern on its abdomen, from Conrad Gessner's Historiae animalium (1621)
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@marshslibrary.bsky.socialWednesdays in the Archive📜 The countdown to Halloween is on! Today we're sharing the recommendation letter Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, supplied to gain admittance into Marsh's Library 🦇
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialIn 1671, Friedrich Martens travelled to Svalbard and around Greenland as ship's surgeon on the 'Jonas im Walfisch' or 'Jonah in the Whale'. These engravings of a whale & fin whale are from the diary he kept, first published in 1675, where he recorded the area's flora, fauna & whaling industry.
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialAn early reader left many #manicules to indicate important sections in our 14th century medical #manuscript. It is on display in our current exhibition, 'The Medieval Manuscripts of Marsh's Library', open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am-5pm and Saturday 10am-5pm.
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialThe whole book is coloured, and quite a few of the plants have their names added in English, as well as a few Latin annotations. The latter are quite cropped in part. There's an ownership inscription 'Pet. Archer non est possessor libri istius sed Phillipus Reganus'.
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialA doodle (possibly drawn from life?) in a 17th-century book of Virgil's poetry
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialHand-coloured plum trees from a 16th century herbal #NationalTreeDay
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialHappy #InternationalTranslationDay! To celebrate, we're sharing an image of Brian Walton's Polyglot Bible. The impressive six volume work presents the Old Testament in nine languages: Hebrew, Aramaic (Targum), Samaritan, Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Ethiopic, Greek, and Latin.
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialToday is Michaelmas, a quarter day in the Irish calendar, and traditionally when rents were paid & contracts signed. It's also the last day to eat blackberries - after today, they belong to the Devil and will make you sick!
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialIf you would like US$2,500 to help with your archival research on 18th-century Ireland, you should apply for the 2027 A.C. Elias Fellowship. Deadline 15 November: marshlibrary.ie/aceliasfello...
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialIf you'd like US$2,500 to help with your archival research on 18th-century Ireland, you should apply to the Arch Elias Fellowship. Closing date 15 November: marshlibrary.ie/aceliasfello...
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialA quiet corner of Marsh’s Library, full of colour, flowers, and a little bit of calm. Sometimes the most beautiful details are just outside the books. 🌺
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialTitle page of 'Ichabod: or, Five Groans of the Church', written by Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, in 1663.
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialIt is believed to have been written in Flanders or northeastern France
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialWednesdays in the Archive📜 Today, in celebration of our exhibition 'Gulliver 300' opening at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris last Friday, we are sharing correspondence from the last time we our books were exhibited in France.
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialThis fifteenth-century volume gives instructions for the blessing of bells and for exorcising people who have been cursed. The instructions are written in red, with the words to be said in black. The volume will on display for our new exhibition The Medieval Manuscripts of Marsh's Library.
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialA woodcut initial from a psalter printed 502 years ago in London
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialOur busiest ever @culturenightdub.bsky.social saw people queuing around the corner on to Kevin Street and a total of 813 visitors
@marshslibrary.bsky.socialIn our latest blogpost, recent Maddock Fellow Dr Stewart Duncan discusses anti-Spinoza literature in the Edward Stillingfleet collection.
