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#OnthisDay in 1922 this photograph from the Trinity Women Graduates archive was taken of Women Students in front of long room during Hilary Term.
You can see more from the @trinwomgrad archive in our online exhibition https://t.co/q5NWw9sJRy
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James Ussher was born #OTD 1581, his library, (containing over 10,000 books & gifted to @TCDLibrary by King Charles II in 1661) contains some of the finest manuscripts in the collection, which are being digitised as part of a @CarnegieCorp supported #VirtualTrinityLibrary project
For the final day of #ExploreYourArchive we wanted to share some images from #OurArchive from the four ongoing #VirtualTrinityLibrary projects.
From Manuscripts for Medieval Studies, we have a page from the Winchcombe Psalter depicting a portrait of Matthew. (IE TCD MS 53).
In recognition of all her work and to mark the jubilee of women being admitted to Trinity, Olive Purser, the first woman scholar in 1906 and Lady Registrar from 1918 to 1932, was awarded an honorary MA degree by Trinity College at the Jubilee Dinner. #VirtualTrinityLibrary
Some 18th-century alpine dragons! These wonderful creatures were described by Johann Jacob Scheuchzer in an otherwise factual account of his travels in the Swiss alps, printed in Leiden in 1723 (TCD Fag.M.4.13).
#FagelFriday
Happy Pride to all our decadent followers, We hope you have a great time at @DublinPride tomorrow and had an amazing #PrideMonth. We are so proud of our Oscar Wilde Collections, a true Gay Icon. #Pride https://t.co/24ADTXM0p3
Happy St. Brigid’s day or Lá Fhéile Bríde.
The Cuala Press print collection holds this print by Kathleen Verschoyle with a poem by Winnifred M. Letts. IE TCD MS11574/16/1.
https://t.co/2TnraSw5pO
#VirtualTrinityLibrary #Imbolc #CualaPress #IrishArt #Herstory
François Fagel died 4 Oct 1746. In his lifetime, the family library increased significantly. In 1723, it contained approx. 5,000 volumes.
What remains? The #FagelCollection @tcdlibrary contains around 20,000 items!
#VirtualTrinityLibrary #InspiringGenerations
#FagelFriday
@HaveloktheDutch So sorry to hear that. No pets, but we can offer you Margaret Tarrant's White Rabbit from #AliceInWonderland (shelfmark 75.rr.43) AND a hat-spinning dog from a Bible (TCD MS 35).
Day 7 of #WomensHistoryMonth Meet Lettice Digby (c1580-1658) Baroness #Offaly She defended Geashill Castle through 2 sieges in the 1640s. This letter tells the tale, in her own imperious voice; possibly written by one of her household. Signed '?F' M'. #VirtualTrinityLibrary