Emma Rothwell
@rothweeee.bsky.social
Assistant Librarian @rialibrary.bsky.social. Libraries, history, art, theology, music and all that good stuff.
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The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS B ii 1, Astronomical tract. It is based on a medieval Latin version of a work by Messahalah, a Jew of Alexandria who wrote in Arabic c. 815. The frontispiece is an astronomical rotula with a moveable index attached, illuminated with red and yellow pigment...
January 19, 2026 at 9:32 AM
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS B ii 1, Astronomical tract. It is based on a medieval Latin version of a work by Messahalah, a Jew of Alexandria who wrote in Arabic c. 815. The frontispiece is an astronomical rotula with a moveable index attached, illuminated with red and yellow pigment...
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Hello Bluesky!
January 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Hello Bluesky!
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Did you know that Burns Library holds a collection of photographs and albums belonging to Irish activist, printer, and camogie player Máire Gill? They live in our Loretta Clarke Murray Collection and we’ve just digitized them! https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/resources/254/digitized
January 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Did you know that Burns Library holds a collection of photographs and albums belonging to Irish activist, printer, and camogie player Máire Gill? They live in our Loretta Clarke Murray Collection and we’ve just digitized them! https://findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/resources/254/digitized
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Irish manuscripts and book conservators getting a two-page spread in @irishtimes.com 🙌 Up with that sort of thing!
December 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Irish manuscripts and book conservators getting a two-page spread in @irishtimes.com 🙌 Up with that sort of thing!
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27th December is the feast of St John Apostle and Evangelist who is depicted here.
#StJohn
Trinity College Dublin, IE TCD MS 60; Book of Mulling (Irish picket gospel book); between c.750 CE-799 CE; Tech-Moling, County Carlow, Ireland; ff.81v-82r @tcdlibrary.bsky.social
#StJohn
Trinity College Dublin, IE TCD MS 60; Book of Mulling (Irish picket gospel book); between c.750 CE-799 CE; Tech-Moling, County Carlow, Ireland; ff.81v-82r @tcdlibrary.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
27th December is the feast of St John Apostle and Evangelist who is depicted here.
#StJohn
Trinity College Dublin, IE TCD MS 60; Book of Mulling (Irish picket gospel book); between c.750 CE-799 CE; Tech-Moling, County Carlow, Ireland; ff.81v-82r @tcdlibrary.bsky.social
#StJohn
Trinity College Dublin, IE TCD MS 60; Book of Mulling (Irish picket gospel book); between c.750 CE-799 CE; Tech-Moling, County Carlow, Ireland; ff.81v-82r @tcdlibrary.bsky.social
A Christmas miracle! I have tracked down a copy of Battersby's auction catalogue for the Earl of Leitrim's library, which I will visit in @nlireland.bsky.social next year. Sometimes all you need for Christmas is to know if a particular dead guy once owned and annotated the book you are holding.
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A Christmas miracle! I have tracked down a copy of Battersby's auction catalogue for the Earl of Leitrim's library, which I will visit in @nlireland.bsky.social next year. Sometimes all you need for Christmas is to know if a particular dead guy once owned and annotated the book you are holding.
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The MS of the week is RIA MS D ii 1, the Book of Uí Mhaine.
This late 14th century manuscript contains a late Middle Irish versified form of the 17 Wonders of the Night of Christ’s Birth. This apocryphal tradition includes miracles such as fruiting vines in the middle of winter🍇
This late 14th century manuscript contains a late Middle Irish versified form of the 17 Wonders of the Night of Christ’s Birth. This apocryphal tradition includes miracles such as fruiting vines in the middle of winter🍇
December 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The MS of the week is RIA MS D ii 1, the Book of Uí Mhaine.
This late 14th century manuscript contains a late Middle Irish versified form of the 17 Wonders of the Night of Christ’s Birth. This apocryphal tradition includes miracles such as fruiting vines in the middle of winter🍇
This late 14th century manuscript contains a late Middle Irish versified form of the 17 Wonders of the Night of Christ’s Birth. This apocryphal tradition includes miracles such as fruiting vines in the middle of winter🍇
That's a very charming piece of Dublin history.
Here's the story of Samuel Stavenhagen, the man who brought baubles to Dublin, and changed the way Dubliners celebrate Christmas. (2017)
The Christmas Merchant - Dublin Inquirer
The story of Samuel Stavenhagen, the man who brought baubles to Dublin.
www.dublininquirer.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
That's a very charming piece of Dublin history.
"At a briefing this evening, the White House said Mr Trump does not want to execute members of Congress."
Good to have the clarity there. Everything is fine, I'm sure.
Good to have the clarity there. Everything is fine, I'm sure.
US President Donald Trump has assailed Democratic politicians who told members of the US military they must refuse any illegal orders, calling them traitors who could face execution
Trump threatens death penalty over Democrats video
US President Donald Trump has assailed Democratic politicians who told members of the US military they must refuse any illegal orders, calling them traitors who could face execution.
www.rte.ie
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"At a briefing this evening, the White House said Mr Trump does not want to execute members of Congress."
Good to have the clarity there. Everything is fine, I'm sure.
Good to have the clarity there. Everything is fine, I'm sure.
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In this blog, we uncover new information about the provenance of the RIA Library's Haliday Pamphlet and Tract Collections. Charles Haliday MRIA (1789?-1866) was a 19th C book collector whose extraordinary collection of over 25,000 pamphlets is house in RIA Library. www.ria.ie/blog/notes-o...
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In this blog, we uncover new information about the provenance of the RIA Library's Haliday Pamphlet and Tract Collections. Charles Haliday MRIA (1789?-1866) was a 19th C book collector whose extraordinary collection of over 25,000 pamphlets is house in RIA Library. www.ria.ie/blog/notes-o...
Not up to the standard of the famous mushroom guy, but these are pretty cool in my parents' garden in Carlow.
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Not up to the standard of the famous mushroom guy, but these are pretty cool in my parents' garden in Carlow.
Completed his studies in Ireland's finest, most learned county! That is Carlow, to those Philistines who weren't aware. 🇲🇱
This is the feast–in all the churches!–of Willibrord, Apostle to the Frisians, d. 739. 🕯️ First up: the Calendar of Willibrord, BNF lat 10837, an early-8c manuscript written on the Continent, probably at Echternach, mainly in Insular majuscule. #medievalsky 🧵
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November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Completed his studies in Ireland's finest, most learned county! That is Carlow, to those Philistines who weren't aware. 🇲🇱
Come along to hear this fantastic lineup speaking about one of the most important issues facing our sector!!
Climate Change, Sustainability and Special Collections.
Friday 28th November at National Library of Ireland.
Further details and booking on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-change-sustainability-and-special-collections-tickets-1589550039959
Friday 28th November at National Library of Ireland.
Further details and booking on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/climate-change-sustainability-and-special-collections-tickets-1589550039959
Climate Change, Sustainability and Special Collections
Join the LAI Rare Books Group to learn how climate change affects buildings and special collections in libraries.
www.eventbrite.ie
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Come along to hear this fantastic lineup speaking about one of the most important issues facing our sector!!
An unwilling part, I'd imagine, if you could ask the reindeer.
But it's a very cool acquisition.
But it's a very cool acquisition.
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
An unwilling part, I'd imagine, if you could ask the reindeer.
But it's a very cool acquisition.
But it's a very cool acquisition.
Cornwall and owlets, what's not to love?
Good news and fluffy owlets from our team in the South West!
Working closely with the West Cornwall Ringing Group, our ranger team has recorded the most successful barn owl breeding season in Cornwall. A total of 21 chicks were raised, a clear sign of a thriving population.
Working closely with the West Cornwall Ringing Group, our ranger team has recorded the most successful barn owl breeding season in Cornwall. A total of 21 chicks were raised, a clear sign of a thriving population.
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Cornwall and owlets, what's not to love?
A fun little piece I did on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, with some interesting snippets from the RIA collection, for your delectation!
Inside Sheridan Le Fanu's spooky world of Gothic ghosts and ghouls. The writer's early life in Dublin and reading material give valuable insights into his ghostly tales and supernatural horror stories, write @rothweeee.bsky.social & Ailbhe Rogers @ria.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Inside Sheridan Le Fanu's spooky world of Gothic ghosts & ghouls
The writer's early life in Dublin and reading material give valuable insights into his ghostly tales and supernatural horror stories
www.rte.ie
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A fun little piece I did on Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, with some interesting snippets from the RIA collection, for your delectation!
I can only conclude that the format will be Agatha Christie-style and that one more Westlifer must die each night. Weren't there more of them??
Westlife have announced eight extra shows for their upcoming 3Arena residency, bringing the total to a record-breaking thirteen nights in September 2026
Westlife announce record-breaking run at 3Arena
Westlife have announced eight extra shows for their upcoming 3Arena residency, bringing the total to a record-breaking thirteen nights in September 2026.
www.rte.ie
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I can only conclude that the format will be Agatha Christie-style and that one more Westlifer must die each night. Weren't there more of them??
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This is how you blurb
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is how you blurb
A last visit to @nmireland.bsky.social Words on the Wave to see the third opening of the St Gall gospels. Not my boy St John, but still, not too shabby. Also revisiting a relic label we studied in my palaeography class & one of the world's most famous library catalogues. 😍 Farewell, Swiss friends!
October 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A last visit to @nmireland.bsky.social Words on the Wave to see the third opening of the St Gall gospels. Not my boy St John, but still, not too shabby. Also revisiting a relic label we studied in my palaeography class & one of the world's most famous library catalogues. 😍 Farewell, Swiss friends!
Having a cracking day with @annewelsh.bsky.social on this training! One of the many pleasures of being the secretary of the @laibluesky.bsky.social Rare Books Group...
October 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Having a cracking day with @annewelsh.bsky.social on this training! One of the many pleasures of being the secretary of the @laibluesky.bsky.social Rare Books Group...
You've got just over an hour to get here for this!
Join us on 8 Oct for Collecting Ireland’s History, a lecture for the Dublin Festival of History in collaboration with @virtualtreasury.bsky.social
Explore 700 years of Irish manuscript collecting.
Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
Explore 700 years of Irish manuscript collecting.
Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
October 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You've got just over an hour to get here for this!
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The manuscript of the week is RIA MS 23 P 26, the Book of Fenagh. This 16th century manuscript is mainly a revision of an older Book of St Caillín which no longer survives. The mark the manuscript’s 500th anniversary in 2016, an online exhibition was created and two lunchtime lectures were delivered
October 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The manuscript of the week is RIA MS 23 P 26, the Book of Fenagh. This 16th century manuscript is mainly a revision of an older Book of St Caillín which no longer survives. The mark the manuscript’s 500th anniversary in 2016, an online exhibition was created and two lunchtime lectures were delivered
All the learning! Hurray! 🙌
We had a great turn out for our Book of Lecan conference, hosted in the RIA Library and organised in partnership with Maynooth University and Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Pictured are two speakers, Alex Woolf and Seán Ó Hoireabhárd, with the Book of Lecan (RIA MS 23 P 2)
October 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
All the learning! Hurray! 🙌
Dublin, sure you're only gorgeous.
September 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Dublin, sure you're only gorgeous.