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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 6d

birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie is launched! Thanks to Dr Dominique Crowley (artist), Ms John McGarry and Ms Maria McGarry (Webworks), Mr Paolo Viscardi (Keeper of Natural History at NMI); Dr Elizabethanne Boran (Librarian), Mr Derek O’Reilly (member, BirdWatch Ireland), and Dr Éanna Ní Lamhna.

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 12d

We're really looking forward to hearing more about Grizelda Steevens today when Dr Priscilla Sonnier (University College Dublin) presents on ‘“Of Her Charity”: The Visual and Material Legacy of Grizelda Steevens’. This is the Griselda Steevens’ Memorial Lecture. This lecture is booked out!

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · 13d

Edward Worth Library is delighted to announce that our newest online exhibition, which is on early modern books about birds, is now available:
birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie

Enjoy and please share! @rspb.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Jul 17

We're holding an Open Day today to celebrate Mr William Gawtry’s exhibition on ‘Hannibal and the Second Punic War’. We're open from 11.00am-1.00pm and 2.00pm-4.00pm.
We're also launching William's Book of the Month blogpost: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...
#ancienthistory #classics #history

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Jul 8

But why create this work of rhetoric?
Was the English translation a true one?
Our Book of the Month shows the poem’s trail
To remain, through time, a relevant tale.

edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...

#BookOfTheMonth #Travel #Colonialism #History #Portugal #CapeOfGoodHope #Poetry #Translation

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Jul 8

You may know Virgil and Homer’s epics
But what about Camões of Lisbon?
One thousand two stanzas, each artistic
Form The Lusiad, to be topped by none.

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Jul 2

Today marks the anniversary of the death of the famous English mathematician, Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), whose Artis analyticae praxis (London, 1631) was collected by Worth. To find out more see mathematics.edwardworthlibrary.ie/notation/har...

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Jun 25

Sir William Petty (1623-87) held strong views about taxation in early modern Ireland! Find out more at Ms Maeve Killion's exhibition on his books in @edwardworthlib:
edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Jun 11

Join the voyage of Vasco da Gama in June's Book of the Month, delving into The Lusiad. Composed originally in Portuguese by Luís de Camões, Os Lusíadas stands against the test of time to still be considered the national poem of Portugal over 450 years later.

edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Jun 9

Today is the feast day of #Colum Cille (#Columba) (c. 521–597), founder of the monastery of #Iona. Find out more about him at edwardworthlibrary.ie/exhibitions-...

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · May 22

We were honoured to welcome Ms Helen Stokes and the participants of the 2025 HOPE Exchange Programme to the Edward Worth Library this morning!

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · May 9

We're giving tours of the Library's latest exhibition today at 11.00am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm and booking details are here: www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/tou...
Please repost @culturedated8.bsky.social @visitdublin.bsky.social @littlemuseumdub.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · May 7

We're celebrating the beginning of 2025 Culture Date with Dublin 8!
Our lecture today is booked out but we have a few places left on our tours on Thursday 8 May and Friday 9 May. Come see our beautiful Library!
Booking details are here: www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on/tou...

Tours of the Edward Worth Library | Culture Date with Dublin 8 – Culture, History and Heritage in Dublin 8

Come visit the beautiful Edward Worth Library, a treasure trove in the heart of Dublin 8! Our tours will introduce you to Dr Edward Worth and his beautiful early eighteenth-century...

www.culturedatewithdublin8.ie

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · May 1

It's May Day and the Worth Library is having an Open Day to launch Ms Maeve Killion's exhibition on the works of Sir William Petty in the Worth Library. Our May Book of the Month is his Political Arithmetick - read all about his interesting views on taxation: edwardworthlibrary.ie/book-of-the-...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Apr 30

Looking forward to our Open Day tomorrow! To mark Ms Maeve Killion's small exhibition on 'Sir William Petty at the Edward Worth Library' there will be an Open Day at the Edward Worth Library on 1 May 2025: 10.30am-12.30pm; 2.00pm-4.00pm.
@dublincityheritage.bsky.social @failte-ireland.bsky.social

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Apr 29

To mark Ms Maeve Killion's small exhibition on 'Sir William Petty at the Edward Worth Library' there will be an Open Day at the Edward Worth Library on 1 May 2025:
10.30am-12.30pm; 2.00pm-4.00pm.
Please repost!

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Apr 11

For those of you in Ireland, please take part in this Built and Archaeological Heritage & Climate Survey!

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Apr 7

Today marks #WorldHeatlthDay so why not find out more about early modern medical treatments?
Spas such as Bourbon l’Archambault rose to prominence in 17th century France: thepracticeofmedicine.edwardworthlibrary.ie/locations/sp...
#wellness
#earlymodernmedicine
#spas
#health

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Apr 7

Looking forward to hearing Dr Peter Murray Jones (University of Cambridge) give a lecture on 10 April on the topic: ‘Friars and Healing in Fifteenth-Century York’. This is the joint Trinity College Dublin–Worth Library lecture. For details see edwardworthlibrary.ie/news-and-eve...

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Apr 4

The renowned botanist Charles de l’Écluse (Carolus Clusius) died on this day in 1609. Find out more about his work on plants at botany.edwardworthlibrary.ie/herbals/seve...

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Apr 3

'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'.
This beautiful image of aquilegia comes from Worth's copy of Adam Lonicer's Naturalis historiae opus novum (Frankfurt, 1551). Find out more at botany.edwardworthlibrary.ie/herbals/sixt...
#botany #beauty #plants #flowers

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Apr 1

Travel back to the 18th century with A VOYAGE TO AND FROM BORNEO IN THE EAST INDIES by Captain Daniel Beeckman!

📌 Curious to learn more? Scan the QR code & uncover the full review! #BookOfTheMonth #bookreview #spicetrade #history #eastindies #banjarmasin #orangutan #eastindiacompany #borneo

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Mar 25

Today's the birthday of the renowned 16th century mathematician and astronomer, Christopher Clavius. Worth owned a copy of his famous commentary on Johannes de Sacrobosco's text on the Sphere. To find out more see astronomy.edwardworthlibrary.ie/astronomy-an...

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Mar 24

On Thursday 27 March at 3.00pm Dr Jason McElligott (Director of Marsh’s Library, Dublin) will be giving a lecture on 'The libraries of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, 1684-1929'.
The lecture take place in the Worth Library and booking is required. To book please e-mail [email protected]

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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Mar 14

To mark the lunar #eclipse why not find out about early modern ideas about the moon? astronomy.edwardworthlibrary.ie/the-solar-sy...

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