Royal visit to Trinity College
The King and Queen of the Netherlands visited Trinity College Dublin on Thursday June 13 as part of their State visit to Ireland. I had the privilege to show th...
Video about the treasures of the Fagel Collection
Trinity College Library published a new video about some of the treasures in the Fagel Collection earlier this week. The books briefly shown on film are a nicel...
The postal map of Jacob Quack
On the final day of my fellowship at Trinity Long Room Hub I casually scrolled through the 1872 catalogue of the library, when I stumbled upon a reference to my...
Fagel Fellowship: Results at a glance
Two months of research into the Fagel Collection as a visiting fellow at Trinity College Long Room Hub. It has been a pleasure and a privilege, but what did it ...
Two recently published articles about Leufstabruk
Two new articles have recently been added to the corpus of literature about the Library of Leufstabruk.
Fagel Fine Bindings (3): Dedications
Several fine bindings in the collection are the result of a classical artist-patron relationship. The Fagels were high-placed government officials and had the n...
Fagel Fine Bindings (2): Political Power
The fine bindings in the Fagel collection make up only a small part of the library. Some of the fine bindings in the Fagel Collection at Trinity College Library...
Fagel Fine Bindings (1): Natural History
Most books in the Fagel Collection are bound in simple vellum, the title neatly written on the spine, without any gold-tooling or other forms of decoration. The...
A New Year’s Salute from the Amsterdam Lamplighters’ Guild
A printed New Year's wish from the Amsterdam Lamplighters' Guild for the year 1695 recently turned up at Trinity College Library