Tuesday, December 19, 2023

BOOK PARADISE

 The  Long Room  Library ,Trinity  College, Dublin .

Stretching  65 metres,  with 200,000 of the oldest books , it is one of the  most impressive libraries in the world .One of its many treasures  is the Book of Kells, a ninth century lavishly  illustrated four gospels  manuscript of the New  Testament, in Latin.

The Book of Kells and many other fabulous book collections were mentioned  on  the  ABC's  Late Night Live  in an entertaining  interview   by  Phillip Adams of  Christopher de Hamel ,academic librarian and  expert on mediaeval  manuscripts , author of The Posthumous Papers of the  Manuscript  Club . 

Long Room Library photo supplied  by  Aeronautical  Correspondent  Abra  , taken   during   a   recent  overseas   trip .