Paying tribute to Paris’ beautiful artistry, she explained: “This astonishing manuscript contains some of the most incredible medieval art, it is a window into an elaborate world of saints, kings and knights, but also sailors, builders and bell ringers.
TCD manuscripts curator, Estelle Gittins, said that while the Library of Trinity College is synonymous with the Book of Kells, it is also home to over 600 other medieval manuscripts dating from the 5th to the 15th centuries.Įxpressing delight that the Book of St Albans is “perfectly preserved with gorgeous colours”, she explained that “most medieval scribes remain anonymous, but we know that this book was created by Matthew Paris”. The newly digitised manuscript has been launched online to coincide with the feast day of St Alban, tomorrow, June 22. It has fascinated readers across the centuries, from royalty to renaissance scholars. It also outlines the construction of St Albans cathedral. The manuscript chronicles the life of St Alban, the first Christian martyr in England. The Benedictine monk, scribe, historian and artist was based at St Albans monastery in England, once one of the most important abbeys in the country and a major site of pilgrimage for medieval Irish pilgrims. A precious 13th century manuscript, considered a masterpiece of medieval art, can be viewed by the public for the first time, following its digitisation by the library at Trinity College Dublin.Īt the click of a mouse, researchers and the general public can see the exquisite illustrations in the Book of St Albans which was produced between 12AD by one of the world’s most famous medieval artists and chroniclers, Matthew Paris.
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