The Old Library, Trinity College Dublin, 1712-2012

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Z792.5.T75 O43 2013
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In this book, contributors explore many of the features of a remarkable building - the Old Library at Trinity College, Dublin. They include: Lydia Ferguson on Paul Pollard's collection of children's books * Nicholas Robinson on caricatures * Jane Maxwell on the Beckett Papers * Caoimhe Ni Ghormain on Irish MSS * Robert Armstrong on the Gilbert Collection * Elizabethanne Boran on students' book-borrowing in the early 18th-century * John Byrne on the digitization of the 1872 Printed Catalogue * Susie Bioletti on the pioletti on the pigments of the Book of Kells * Karen Brown on the Cuala Press Archive * Fiana Griffin on the papers of the Harry Clarke studios * Michael Halliday on the sporting archive * P.J. Hartigan on the common diseases of the horse * Jacqueline Hill on Daniel O'Connell's top hat * Felicity O'Mahony on the James Stephens Collection.

Contents

  • Editor's Preface and Acknowledgments p. ix
  • List of Contributors p. xv
  • 1 The Old Library: ut erat - ut est - ut esset p. 1 Peter Fox
  • 2 The text and decoration of the Book of Kells: fos 179V-18or p. 18 Bernard Meehan
  • 3 A fresh look at the pigments used on the Book of Kells p. 28 Susie Bioletti
  • 4 TCD MS 1282 (The Annals of Ulster): a scholar's book and exemplar p. 55 Daniel Mc Carthy
  • 5 Some manuscript versions of the Brut Chronicle in Trinity College Library p. 40 John Scattergood
  • 6 Medieval and early modern Irish manuscripts in the Manuscripts and Archives Research Library p. 55 Caoimhe Ní Ghormáin
  • 7 The Fagel Missal p. 65 Kathryn M. Rudy
  • 8 The 1641 Depositions p. 69 Micheál Ó. Siochrú
  • 9 John Ogilby's 1676 map of London (Fag. Portfolio XV, no. 16) p. 71 John Montague
  • 10 The egregious Matthew Tindal p. 77 Stephen Lalor
  • 11 Book-borrowing in Trinity College in the early eighteenth century p. 79 Elizabethanne Boron
  • 11 Trinity College Dublin in 1712 p. 88 Ellen O'Flaherty
  • 13 The one that got away, or almost: the Molyneux family library and Trinity College Dublin p. 94 Patrick Kelly
  • 14 The Incorporated Society p. 101 Kenneth Milne
  • 15 Claudius Gilbert and his books p. 112 Robert Armstrong
  • 16 Swift's books in Trinity College Library p. 122 Dirk Passmann
  • 17 Fagel's maps: the eighteenth-century world p. 133 J.R. Bartlett
  • 18 A drawing in the Fagel Collection p. 149 Edward McParland
  • 19 Details from Plates XVI and XXIII, Francesco Piranesi, Sciographia quatuor templorum veterum... (2 parts, Rome, 1780-90) p. 151 Livia Hurley
  • 20 Some Irish stereotypes in the 'Golden Age' of caricature p. 155 Nicholas K. Robinson
  • 21 The Napoleonic Wars in caricature, 1799-1815 p. 164 Joseph Clarke
  • 22 Purgation and propaganda: Thomas Peall on the common diseases of the horse p. 184 P. J. Hartigan
  • 23 Cultivating childhood: the Pollard Collection of children's books p. 190 Lydia Ferguson
  • 24 Daniel O'Connell's top hat p. 210 Jacqueline Hill
  • 25 Hemphill's stereoscopic illustrations p. 213 Andrew Megaw
  • 26 The 1871 printed catalogue online p. 217 John G. Byrne
  • 27 Punch, or the London Charivari p. 230 Úna Faulkner
  • 28 The Southern Cross, 1875-1901: an Irish-Argentine voice p. 240 Helen Kelly
  • 29 The Davitt Papers p. 246 Carta King
  • 30 'Brother Bookbinder' and the 'book beautiful': arts and crafts books in the library p. 249 Nicola Gordon Bowe
  • 31 The Kelmscott Chaucer in Trinity College p. 265 Helen Beaney
  • 32 The Cuala Press Archive, 1902-86 p. 272 Karen E. Brown
  • 33 The music in the library p. 286 Eimear Saunders
  • 34 The sporting archive p. 301 Michael Halliday
  • 35 James Stephens; a life in letters p. 310 Felicity O'Mahony
  • 36 Propaganda, trauma and remembrance: Trinity College Library's collection of First World War memoirs p. 315 Heather Jones
  • 37 The Harry Clarke Studios p. 347 Fiana Griffin
  • 38 Frank Stephens' lantern slide collection p. 357 Clodagh Neligan
  • 39 Picture Post p. 361 William Francis Cooper
  • 40 Waiting for an archivist: the Samuel Beckett Collection p. 370 Jane Maxwell
  • 41 Tom Murphy: playwright adventurer p. 377 Nicholas Grene
  • 42 'Would you look at that!': a chronological list of library exhibitions p. 389 Shane Mawe
  • 43 Working in the Conservation Laboratory p. 398 Raymond Jordan
  • 44 An undergraduate visits the 'Observatory' p. 403 Kenneth Milne
  • 45 Experiences of a chemist p. 407 William J. Davis
  • 46 A place apart p. 41 Susan Parkes
  • 47 Expeditions to the Department of Early Printed Books p. 416 Charles Hepwortb Holland
  • 48 The Trinity Secondhand Booksale p. 419 Ann Budd
  • 49 The foundation of the Conservation Laboratory p. 423 W.E. Vaughan
  • 50 'Must do better': enhancing the collections of early printed books and special collections p. 437 Charles Benson
  • List of Subscribers p. 445
  • Index p. 449

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