Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Description
The presentation provides an overview of the history, preservation, cataloguing, and collections of the library at St Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork, Ireland. I discuss the origins and buildings that have housed the library over time and also describe efforts to preserve manuscripts and rare books in the collection, as well as the process of cataloguing the works. I outline provenance of materials, including donations from bishops, institutions, and families connected to Cork. I highlight the variety of bindings and printers represented in the collections, including examples from continental Europe and Britain
Period
18 Oct 2019
Event title
History, Preservation and Use of Religious Libraries in Ireland