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This folio is from an album compiled for the Mughal emperors Jahangir (r. 1605-27) and Shah Jahan (r. 1627-58) between about 1612 and 1640. In his memoirs, Jahangir, whose mother was Hindu, describes Holi, the exuberant Hindu festival: ‘Thursday is the Holi, which in their

A Sense of Place | Manners and customs | Religion

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Object Jahangir celebrates the Hindu festival of Holi from the Minto Album.has no cover

Photograph of the auditorium of the old Abbey Theatre. Opened on 27th December 1904 the auditorium, renovated by the architect Joseph Holloway, had a capacity of 562. One of two copper mirrors commissioned from Youghal metalworks is visible on the balcony wall.

A Sense of Place | Arts | Drama

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Object Old Abbey Theatre auditorium.has no cover

The historiated initial ‘I’ marks the beginning of the Book of Genesis: In Principio creavit Deus caelum et terram, or ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’. Each line of text is written in decreasing size, a decorative technique known as diminuendo. The

A Sense of Place | Creation | Biblical cosmology

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Object Historiated initial 'I' from the Walsingham Bible.has no cover

Chester Beatty's collection of bindings from eighteenth-century Europe includes many virtuoso examples. This binding, identified as the work of Edward Beatty, formerly known only as Parliamentary Binder B, is one of the most important Irish bindings to survive from this period. T

A Sense of Place | Arts | Bookbinding

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Object Irish featherwork binding.has no cover

Islanders row out in currachs to meet a ship bringing supplies to the island.

A Sense of Place | Manners and customs | Boats and boating

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Object Off the Donegal coast.has no cover

Panoramic view of the city of Cork from Audley Place.

A Sense of Place | Irish landscapes | Cities

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Object View of Cork.has no cover