A project dedicated to the investigation of the materiality of the late-medieval Gaelic manuscript. Funded by the Irish Research Council Advanced Laureate Award
University College Cork
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Have you popped in to see The Return of the Exiles yet? 📖
We have brought two Irish language manuscripts together for the first time in over 500 years: The Book of Lismore and of Rennes. These manuscripts are associated with Kilbrittain and Kilcrea, Co. Cork, respectively📍🇮🇪
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NEW BLOG POST!
In this Library Blog post, Prof Pádraig Ó Macháin from @NuaGhaeilgeUCC tells us more about his involvement in the @inksandskins project
🔗 Read now: bitly.ws/Wkh2
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Inks and Skins: Investigations into the Materiality of the late-medieval Gaelic Manuscript medievalists.net/2023/10/ink… and follow @inksandskins #medievalmanuscripts
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Fascinating morning at the Library of Congress opening the ‘Inks & Skins’ project symposium!
A ground-breaking collaboration between @UCC and @librarycongress that explores materiality of medieval Gaelic manuscripts 📖🪶☘️
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@inksandskins symposium: how researchers have used #heritagescience techniques to understand the ‘inks and skins’ used by scholars who created Gaelic calfskin books from 1100-1600.
📅: 13 Sept 2023
📍: Online or in person at @librarycongress
Register: blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2…
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Delighted to see our medieval manuscripts undergoing non-invasive microscopy & spectroscopy this week @SCA_MULibrary as part of the @inksandskins Project. @IrishResearch
Thx to Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin and the team @UCC for sharing their techniques with a demo! 🔬 📜
ALT Manuscript undergoing analysis at the Russell Library, Maynooth
ALT Manuscript undergoing analysis at the Russell Library, Maynooth
ALT An example of the results of analyses into the materiality of a medieval manuscript
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A recent talk by @UCC's @m_daughton to @IrishAmericaMus, NY on medieval Irish monasticism coincided with the display of a late medieval #chalice. To date, it has undergone stylistic & technical analyses in Cork @UCCHistory @inksandskins @TyndallInstitute @UCCLibrary & @NMIreland
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In our latest blog post, Anna Hoffman tell us about the @inksandskins project & the team's recent visit to Marsh's Library where they used microscopy & spectroscopy to investigate the materials used in our manuscripts: marshlibrary.ie/inks-and-ski…
@UCC @IrishResearch
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Delighted to participate in the @inksandskins @DIAS_Dublin @IrishResearch project. The Stowe Missal was imaged in February 2022 and the Cathach of Colum Cille in July 2022 @RIAdawson Academy House. Free event 9 March at 5pm, register at: eventbrite.ie/e/the-inks-ski…
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ALT Multi-spectral camera and the Stowe Missal Irish manuscript being imaged at Academy House on 24 February 2022
ALT Prof. Pádraig Ó Macháin with PhD students Veronica Biolcati and Anna Hoffmann
ALT Fenella France, Chief, Preservation Research and Testing Division at the Library of Congress along with Prof. Pádraig Ó Macháin, UCC
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Inks And Skins retweeted
Very excited to welcome Pádraig Ó'Macháin & his team from @UCC who are x-raying two of our manuscripts as part of their Irish Research Council-funded #AdvancedLaureate project examining the inks & skins used in Medieval Irish manuscripts @IrishResearch @inksandskins @UCCResearch
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Thoroughly enjoyed the conference on Grímur Thorkelin, and his manuscripts, organised by @pomuirch, held @arnamagnaean. A wonderful day with high quality papers and great company.
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And that’s wrap folks. Congratulations to all our 2021 Research winners. On wards from here #ResearchAwardsUCC #UCCFutures
Inks & Skins PhD students Veronica Biolcati and Anna Hoffmann presented their research on late-medieval Gaelic manuscripts today at the @conservators AIC 50th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles! #AICat50 #inksandskins
Thank you to everyone who came out to our Inks and Skins seminar at UCC today! We had a wonderful and informative time and hope to see you at future events! #inksandskins
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"We have very few items from the Middle Ages...in Ireland that speak to us so eloquently as these manuscripts.”
Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin shares how combining the humanities with science is helping to unlock the secrets of ancient Irish manuscripts: bit.ly/3F8I8fz
