19/03/2015 NO REPRO FEE, MAXWELLS DUBLIN. An Important Medieval Manuscript Returns to Dublin after 400 years St Marys Abbey Medieval Manuscript Comes Home to Dublin to Trinity College Library. Dublin, March 19th, 2015 An important early 14th-century manuscript produced at St Marys Abbey in Dublin has been returned to its city of origin, after 400 years, courtesy of Trinity College Library. Lost to the world of scholarship since the 18th century, it has not been in Ireland since the 16th century. It is the first Irish medieval manuscript to be offered for public sale in over 100 years. It was originally produced by the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary’s, after which Marys Street and Abbey Street are named. It was the wealthiest monastic house in medieval Ireland. The acquisition of the manuscript is very important for Trinity College Library in our ongoing engagement with the city of Dublin. The manuscript contains a considerable body of new information which will help to re-evaluate the history and culture of St Marys Abbey and the civic life of Dublin in the 14th and 15th centuries. Trinity will be able to digitise it, conduct scientific analysis, textual and codicological examination of the manuscript which will promote widespread research and scholarship, and popular interest. For media queries, contact College Press Officer, Caoimhe Ní Lochlainn, tel: 896231087-9017392 communications@tcd.ie PIC: NO FEE, MAXWELLS.
