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From left to right: Thirza Mulder (Archivist), Sean Madden (conservator), the Very Revd Gregory Dunstan (Keep of the Library), Garry Williams (donor and supporter of the Library). Image credit: Ian Maginess<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Keeper and the Archivist of Armagh Public Library welcomed back the return\u00a0of a late fifteenth – early sixteenth century Book of Hours after conservation treatment by local paper\u00a0conservator, Mr Sean Madden.<\/p>\n

A Book of Hours was a medieval prayer book containing appropriate prayers\u00a0for specific hours of the day, days of the week, months and seasons. Books of\u00a0Hours were usually beautifully illuminated, and some of the more notable ones\u00a0are among the finest works of medieval art in existence. The Library\u2019s Book of\u00a0Hours is a manuscript inscribed with iron gall and carbon black inks, and with\u00a0many coloured illuminations. It was readily agreed to have the book treated, once\u00a0funding had been secured.<\/p>\n

Funding came from three sources: from some of the donations raised by the\u00a0Library\u2019s Archivist, Ms Thirza Mulder, following her successful completion of the\u00a0Belfast Marathon last year; from a donation by Mr Garry Williams, a supporter of\u00a0the Library, and from a group of graduates from the University of Kentucky who\u00a0were on a Library and Information Science tour last year and who spontaneously\u00a0gave a donation to the Library following their visit.<\/p>\n

The Keeper of the Library, the Very Revd Gregory Dunstan, said, \u201cThis little\u00a0treasure of a book came into the Library\u2019s collection in 1923. I am delighted\u00a0that the opportunity arose to care for it as it deserves. We are most grateful\u00a0for the gifts that made it possible, and especially to Thirza for her remarkable\u00a0achievement through the Belfast Marathon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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