Autumn at Birr Castle Demesne ๐๐
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Autumn at Birr Castle Demesne ๐๐
The cross-carpet and Chi-Rho pages in St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang 51, pp 6-7; ยฉ Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
Today weโve turned a new illuminated page in the Irish Gospels of St Gall (Cod. Sang. 51).
Explore the beauty of cross-carpets and Chi-Rhos in our latest blog, then see them in person at Words on the Wave
๐ National Museum of Ireland โ Kildare Street
๐ www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
A wonderful article on the exhibition, Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe, at the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology.
Dr. Cornell Dora, of the Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen. Swiss Federal President Karin Keller-Sutter, @Patrick O'Donnovan, Minister for Arts, Culture, Communications, Media and Sport, to join Matt Seaver, Curator and Maeve Sikora, Keeper of Antiquities, at the opening of Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street.
Yesterday, we welcomed Dr. Cornell Dora Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen, Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter, and Minister
@podonovan to launch Words on the Wave at @NMIreland.
Explore Irelandโs Golden Age through manuscripts, metalwork & more.
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
The front of the Lough Kinale Book-Shrine (National Museum of Ireland)
A medieval mystery resurfaces. The Lough Kinale Shrine, once lost in an Irish lake, is now conserved. Explore the story of this sacred artefact and its journey through time, then see it in person from 30th May, 2025, at the National Museum of Ireland. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
โIt belongs with the books of Kells and Durrow.โ
Illuminated manuscripts back in Ireland for the first time in more than 1,000 years
"Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe" exhibition opens Friday, 30th May
www.irishtimes.com/culture/art/...
On June 16th, Trinity College Dublin will host a one-day symposium to celebrate the return to Ireland of the Sankt Gallen Irish manuscripts for the Words on the Wave exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street.
Link to register:
stgallmanuscripts.eventbrite.ie
The Nun's Church, Clonmacnoise.
Clonmacnoise Monastic Site, Co. Offaly.
Clonmacnoise Cathedral in bloom.
The bluebell wood.
It was a privilege to work as Curatorial Researcher on this exhibition. Words on the Wave will display 17(!) wondrous Insular manuscripts from St. Gallen's Stiftsbibliothek alongside a plethora of objects from the Museum's own collections - not to be missed!
Resembling stained glass in miniature, a projector slide with a portrait of St. John the Evangelist (291v) from the Book of Kells.
A beautifully evocative exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland: ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ: ๐๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ.
I was first enthralled by the artist's sumptuous work as a VSO at Butler Gallery, and I'm glad to see this celebration of her significant contribution to Irish art.
Closes 5th Jan. '25!
Very interesting blog! I find mourning jewellery particularly interesting - the preservation of a lock of hair, the use of seed pearls to represent tears shed. It's incredibly meaningful.
Trinity College Dublin
Lots of starter packs out there, but haven't seen any for architectural history yet, so I assembled one.
Please send along suggestions for additions. The pack is broadly conceived (architecture / urbanism / landscape) and covers any period, but should focus on history / theory.
go.bsky.app/CqLE4UM
There's something vaguely unsettling about this, but I can't help but love it!
๐ซ Harry Appreciation ๐ซ
Crossing looking south to S transept facade, this morning
Similar angle, July 2016
The crossing vault as restored in 2024. It almost entirely collapsed as part of the collapse of the flรจche, and was rebuilt using original voussoirs and the pieces of the ring-boss recovered and catalogued from the rubble.
The crossing vault in July 2016. It had already been entirely reconstructed in the late 1720s.
So France has used latex poultice to remove all the patina from one of their cathedrals to make it look like it's made out of milky bars. oh well. at least they've changed the bulbs from ugly gas-discharge to LEDs.
Much appreciated, Dan (give it four years!). Looking forward to seeing more of your own research on here and elsewhere, too - the use of volcanic tuff is fascinating stuff!
On Tuesday, I so enjoyed the (sold-out) Inaugural Lecture by Professor Christine Casey (TCD), entitled โThe wisdom of hands: craft practice in architecture.'
It was particularly insightful to hear about a bottom-up approach in relation to making and meaning in eighteenth-century architecture.
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It was an absolute joy to represent the Irish Antiquities Division and discuss all things Insular art at the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology's ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐บ: ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ. Below are replicas from Education NMI's handling collection ~
Looking forward to delving into Timothy O'Neill's latest work, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ: ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ-๐ฃ๐บ-๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ชถ
While providing insights into the work of early medieval scribes, it also equips the reader with the knowledge to practise Insular scripts - time to brush up on my Insular majuscule!
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It's about time I introduced myself here ~
I'm Mรกire, a first year PhD researcher investigating stone production in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland and, particularly, the relative agency of architect, sculptor, mason, and merchant in chimneypiece production.
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Hi, Eric! Could you add me to the list?