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Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History What is a Psalter? The Psalter is a collection of one-hundred-and-fifty Psalms, written in verse and traditionally attributed to...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History Introduction: MA in Medieval History, HI6091 module and Special Collections at University College Cork Special Collections is delighted to...

The River-side welcomes this guest post on Viking Cork from Liam O’Driscoll, a student on MA in History specialising in Medieval History. Liam completed his...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History The Carpet Page In the Book of Kells, the carpet page on folio 33r is positioned opposite the miniature...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History The Temptation of Christ The temptations of Christ are described in the Gospels of Mathew (4:1-11), Mark (1:12-13) and...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History The Chi Rho Page The Chi Rho page in the Book of Kells is perhaps the most elaborate and...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History The Virgin Mary The miniature on folio 7v of the Book of Kells is the earliest surviving representation of...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History The In Principio Initial This post focuses on the text and imagery of folio 292r, which reads In principio erat...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History The Canon Tables In the fourth century, Eusebius of Caesarea (263-339) created a series of ten canon tables to...

Student Exhibition, MA in Medieval History The Four Evangelists The most frequently found images in Insular Gospel manuscripts are those associated with the four Evangelists,...