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Launch of Neo Latin 17th-century epic
February 16, 2018The audience that gathered last night for the launch of the 17th-century Latin epic Poema de Hibernia reflected the dual appeal of this manuscript source. One of the few complete Latin epics from the early modern period for Ireland, the interest in this source has been broadened by the scholarly translation of the text provided by Keith […]
Beyond 2022
February 8, 2018The Irish Manuscripts Commission is delighted to be a partner in the ‘Beyond 2022: Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury’ project. The project, based in Trinity College Dublin, was launched today. Pictured at the launch are (back, L-R) Dr Séamus Lawless, Assistant Professor, ADAPT Centre and School of Computer Science, Trinity; Jeff James Chief Executive and Keeper […]
Search Early Modern correspondence online
January 31, 2018Why not search the Early Modern Letters Online (EMLO) database – it can be accessed here. The 2015 IMC edition of the Ussher correspondence edited by Dr Elizabethanne Boran is currently one of the featured catalogues along with those for the correspondence of Juan Luis Vives and Baruch Spinoza.
Poema de Hibernia publication
January 30, 2018The Irish Manuscripts Commission is delighted to announce the forthcoming publication of Poema de Hibernia, edited by Pádraig Lenihan and Keith Sidwell. This contemporaneous poem provides a detailed account of the Williamite war in Ireland from the perspective of the losers. It exists in only one manuscript (Gilbert MS 141), along with a late nineteenth-century […]
Ussher correspondence added to EMLO
January 29, 2018The Irish Manuscripts Commission is delighted to announce that the metadata associated with Dr Elizabethanne Boran’s 2015 IMC edition of the Correspondence of James Ussher, 1600-1656 has been added to the Early Modern Letters Online (EMLO) database. Created by the Cultures of Knowledge Project with funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, EMLO is a […]