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| At Trinity College, Dublin |
Being back in Dublin brought back many memories from my time there as a student. And of course, I had to revisit Trinity College, where I attended a full course on Anglo-Irish Literature, done by a professor, who was Samuel Beckett’s old friend.
Needless to say, the main infrastructures have been modernized. But the old buildings have kept their venerable style dating back to the English Renaissance.
The library is open to visitors. It is one of the World’s most beautiful libraries. It contains several illuminated manuscripts, among which the best known is the ‘Book of Kells’. It is a Latin version of the four Gospels of the New Testament, dating back to the 9th century.
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| About the Book of Kells |
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| The Book of Dimma |
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| The Book of Armagh |
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| Original copy of the Book of Kells inside the Library |
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| Ogham stone |
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| About Ogham Stones |
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| Inside the Library |
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| Library staircase |
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| The Library Hall |
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| Access to bookshelves |
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| Another view of the Library |
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| The Irish iconic harp |
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| About Brian Boru Harp |
As I recently wrote about the circular architecture of pre-Celtic and Celtic monuments, I was quite surprised to discover the rather new design of the College yard (‘Fellows Square’) near the Visitor’s entrance. The sculpture is by Calder (‘Cactus Provisoire’) but the garden design has definitively an esoteric meaning.
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| Trinity College Fellos Square with Calder's sculpture |
"Cactus Provisoire'
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| The round of circles on the lawn |
Christian Sorand
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