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History. An image of the Colledge Library (sic), taken from Charles Brooking's map of Dublin (1728). The Library began with the founding of Trinity College in 1592. In 1661, Henry Jones presented it with the Book of Kells, its most famous manuscript.
Website. www.trinity.edu. Trinity University is a private liberal arts college in San Antonio, Texas. Founded in 1869, its student body consists of about 2,600 undergraduate and 200 graduate students. Trinity offers 49 majors and 61 minors among six degree programs, [5] and has an endowment of $1.725 billion. [1]
Trinity College Dublin. Trinity College Dublin (Irish: Coláiste na Tríonóide, Bhaile Átha Cliath), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, [1] is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland. [10] Founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I who issued a royal charter on ...
Wren Library seen from Nevile's Court The library's rear facade as seen from the River Cam The interior of the library, showing the limewood carvings by Grinling Gibbons Stained glass window and Lord Byron statue at Wren Library's south end Cloisters beneath Wren Library's main room The Wren Library (foreground) and University Library (background) viewed from the chapel tower at St John's College
Height. 30.5m. Design and construction. Architect (s) Sir Charles Lanyon. Other designers. Thomas Kirk. The Campanile of Trinity College Dublin is a bell tower and one of its most iconic landmarks. Donated by then Archbishop of Armagh, Lord John Beresford it was designed by Sir Charles Lanyon, sculpted by Thomas Kirk and finished in 1853.
Vulgate, Vetus Latina. The Book of Kells (Latin: Codex Cenannensis; Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. [58], sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript and Celtic Gospel book in Latin, [1] containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.
Academic library. An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution, which supports the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students. [1] According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there are an estimated 3,700 academic libraries in the United States. [1]
To the south is the Old Library of the college, having been begun in 1712. [1] Constructed almost entirely from brick, with tall hexagonal chimneys, the buildings were designed as residences for the students of Trinity College. [citation needed] In 1840, three bays were removed from either end of the building.