#Manuscript fragments recycled as spine lining on a book printed in 1535, only visible due to damage.

A leaf pressed in the pages of John Evelyn's Pomona, a guide to growing fruit trees for cider production, this second edition published in 1670.

Our current Maddock Fellow Maria Zukovs
Maria Zukovs came across some iffy repairs on an advertisement in the Morning Post for the play 'Democratic Rage, or Louis the Unfortunate' performed in Dublin on 25th November 1793.

Apparently they had flying prawns in the 17th century! From the wonderful (and varied) scientific journal, 'Miscellanea Curiosa'.

Ours is the only known copy of this 1527 Latin grammar printed in Paris. Apparently the owner, Petri Baboucti didn't have a coat of arms, so he added his initials to the title page. We think he could've gone bigger! #SoleSurvivor #Heraldry #NoMoney

Congrats to all involved in producing vol. III of the Trinity Journal of Histories, particularly editors Clare Tobin & Ethan Hutchinson! Long may it continue!

Be sure to look out for demon kneed monsters hanging around box trees!
From Hieronymous Bock's Herbal, printed in Strasbourg, 1552.

We are questioning the names given to our birds of prey in Albin's collection of water-colours. When and how did these names change or were they just plain wrong? #birdwatchireland #rspb #birdwatching #AlbinsBirds #VirtualBirdwatching #NationalBirdOfPreyCentre Jim Moir

Everything's better with a #doodle ! A manuscript of extracts from Galileo & an appendix on gravity produced in Dublin in 1696.

Join us for #CultureDate WithDublin8 next week on Saturday May 11th for some lovely mini-figure hunting! 12:30pm - 5:00pm, Free Entry.
Check out the rest of the programme here: culturedatewithdublin8.ie/whats-on
#CultureDate #Dublin8 #TheLiberties

Someone seems to have struggled to get their snowflakes right! Any other suggestions for what was happening here?
Found inside the comic play 'Les Soupcons sur les apparences heroico-comedie' by Antoine Metel, printed in Paris, 1651.

Before you go out clubbing on the evening of Saturday 18 May, this free talk at 5.30pm about the reading habits of the old soldiers in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham might be of interest. Office of Public Works IMMA Royal Hospital Kilmainham Library Association The Military Archives eventbrite.com/e/reading-for-…

Now is the month of Maying! Falalas from Thomas Morley's 1595 'Balletts to five voyces'. A very happy #MayDay to all!

Woodcut of Dante's first meeting with Virgil & on the facing page Inferno Canto I, from our 1520 edition of Commedia printed in Venice.