Beyond the Book of Kells
To over 600,000 visitors a year, Trinity is synonymous with the Book of Kells. But that ninth-century manuscript is only part of the story. Ranging in date from the fifth century to the sixteenth, and with origins from across Western Europe, Trinity's six hundred medieval manuscripts contain languages from Latin and Greek to Old Irish, Old English, Welsh, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Provencal, and Vaudois. They embody in microcosm the entire gamut of medieval thought. This series of lectures from manuscript experts – Irish and international – will offer the public an opportunity to encounter eight other extraordinary books from Trinity's collections, from the ninth-century Book of Armagh to a key manuscript of one of the great medieval English poets, William Langland.
This lecture series is led by Dr Mark Faulkner of Trinity College's School of English. It is held as part of the Manuscript, Book and Print Cultures research theme, in association with the Trinity Long Room Hub, the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and the Library of Trinity College Dublin.
These eight manuscripts have been digitised to coincide with the series, and to allow participants to examine them in the comfort of their own homes.