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@rialibrary.bsky.socialCongratulations to @marshslibrary.bsky.social on the opening of their wonderful new exhibition! Our Collections & Archives Manager @liber-ray.bsky.social was delighted to be invited to say a few words at the launch last night!
@rialibrary.bsky.social đ Calling all werewolf, vampire and other nocturnal readers! đșđ§đŠ Read our latest blog about a portfolio of lunar photography in our collection! đ·
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@rialibrary.bsky.social*CORRECTION* On Friday, instead of the manuscript of the week, we will display the Icosian Game to mark Hamilton Day, an annual event to celebrate William Rowan Hamilton MRIA (1805-65). @ria.ie
@rialibrary.bsky.socialThe MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Monday-Friday, except for Wednesday, when the Library will be closed due to industrial action. No appointment or readerâs ticket is required to view the MS of the Week
@rialibrary.bsky.socialRead more about the manuscript and view the digital images, provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright @ria.ie www.ria.ie/collections/...
@rialibrary.bsky.socialRIA MS 12 R 33, known as the Cathach, has been associated with this story. On page 81 of this weekâs manuscript, you can read the famous âcopyrightâ judgement made by King Diarmait Mac Cerbhaill: to every cow its calf and to every book its copy.
@rialibrary.bsky.socialThe Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 24 P 25, Leabhar Chlainne Suibhne/The Book of the Mac Sweeneys. This 16th century manuscript contains an account of the 6th century dispute between St Colum Cille & St Finnian over the ownership of a copy a Latin Psalter, which led to the battle of CĂșl Dreimhne.
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@rialibrary.bsky.socialThe MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Monday-Friday, except 12:00-13:00 on Monday, when the library will close for one hour due to industrial action. No appointment or readerâs ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.
@rialibrary.bsky.socialRead more about the manuscript and view the digital images, provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright @ria.ie www.ria.ie/collections/...
@rialibrary.bsky.socialThe Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS C vi 1, the Book of Knockninny. The manuscript was compiled in 1718 for Brian MĂĄg Uidhir of Knockninny, Co. Fermanagh. It contains a selection of historical poems and prose texts. You can listen to two Library Lunchtime Lectures about this manuscript at the link!
@rialibrary.bsky.socialIn the words of Chandler Bing, "Could this printer's device BE any tinier?" Attention to detail, as always, from a great Dublin printing house, At the Sign of the Three Candles.
@rialibrary.bsky.socialThe MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Monday-Friday. No appointment or readerâs ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.
@rialibrary.bsky.socialRead more about the manuscript and view the digital images, provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright @ria.ie www.ria.ie/collections/...
@rialibrary.bsky.socialThe Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 M 70, Leabhar GabhĂĄla/Book of Invasions. This is not the name of a specific manuscript but of an origin legend of the Irish people that exists in variant versions, traced to the 7th C. This copy was produced in 1631 by the scholars known as the Four Masters.
@ninacnock.bsky.socialReposted by @rialibrary.bsky.socialReally happy with this piece now published in the magazine "Istor Breizh" (in French), about the Irish manuscript tradition from the 11th to the 19th century. Many thanks to @rialibrary.bsky.social for allowing me to reproduce pictures of the manuscripts!
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@rialibrary.bsky.socialImage: Collage of images from the Robert Lloyd Praeger glass plate negative collection, Royal Irish Academy.
@rialibrary.bsky.socialInvesting in Dublin: Tontines, Women, and Financial Life in 19th century Ireland.
1pm, Wed 7 Oct.
How did Dubliners use tontines to pay for community projects? How did women help to fund the Dublin-Drogheda railway? Join us for a Library Lunchtime Lecture @ria.ie . www.ria.ie/events/inves...
@rialibrary.bsky.socialThe MS of the Week is on display in the Reading Room of the Library this week from 10.00-16.30, Monday-Friday. No appointment or readerâs ticket is required to view the MS of the Week.
@rialibrary.bsky.socialMany folios have been lost over the centuries. There may have been 368 folios in the manuscript in the 15th C and just 157 folios now survive. Read more about the manuscript and view the digital images, provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright @ria.ie www.ria.ie/collections/...
