![]() ![]() “The general public are aware of the threat to the world’s rainforests … This same threat to biodiversity applies in Ireland, particularly to our boglands, which constitute an enormous natural national resource and heritage,” Sheridan said. The project will also look to identify potential natural insect repellents and pest control solutions for mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and the Zika virus. These could be used in the treatment of inflammatory, auto-immune, viral and neurodegenerative diseases. With peat harvesting for energy use set to fall dramatically in order to meet the country’s emissions reduction targets, Ireland’s bogs could provide a new source of income for nearby areas.Ĭombining phytochemical, metabolomic, molecular biology and botanical approaches, the researchers will aim to identify key chemical entities or compounds. Led by Dr Helen Sheridan, director of the NatPro Centre for Natural Products Research and a fellow of Trinity College Dublin (TCD), the project will look to identify potential therapeutic and commercial uses of native Irish bog plants, bog waters and the microbiome of unique bogland species. Sharpe, John, and Kimberly van Kampen (eds.), 'The Bible as Book: The Manuscripts Tradition', (London, 1998).A project led by TCD scientists will look to harness the untapped pharmaceutical potential of Ireland’s historic boglands with €6m in new funding.Ī project entitled ‘Unlocking Nature’s Pharmacy from Bogland Species’ has received €6m in funding today (10 November) under the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) at the Department of Justice. 'Gothic Manuscripts 1285-1385, A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles' 5, (London, 1986). 'The “Colker Catalogue”' in Hermathena: a Trinity College Dublin Review, number 194, (Summer, 2013), pp. 'The Cambridge History of the Bible, Volume 2: The West from the Fathers to the Reformation', (Cambridge, 1969). 'Treasures of the Library: Trinity College Dublin', (Dublin, 1986). 'A History of Illuminated Manuscripts', (London, 1986).įox, Peter (ed.). 'Michael of Belluno and His Speculum Conscientie: The Unique Manuscript Recently Discovered' in Medievalia et Humanistica, Ser. ![]() 'Michael of Belluno on the production of books and documents' in International Review of Manuscript Studies, volume LVI, 2002, 2 'Trinity College Dublin: Supplement One: Descriptive Catalogue of the Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin Manuscripts', (Dublin, 2001) 'Trinity College Dublin Library: Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval and Renaissance Latin Manuscripts', (Dublin, 1991) 'A classical handbook from medieval England' in International Review of Manuscript Studies, Volume XLIII, (1989), 2 'Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms', (London, 1994).Ĭleaver, Laura, and Helen Conrad O’Brien, 'Latin Psalter Manuscripts in Trinity College Dublin and the Chester Beatty Library', (Dublin, 2015).Ĭolker, Marvin L. Reilly (eds.), 'The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages: Production, Reception, and Performance in Western Christianity', (New York, 2011).īrown, Michelle P. With special thanks to the M&ARL team, Estelle Gittins, Aisling Lockhart, Jane Maxwell, Ellen O'Flaherty, Felicity O'Mahony, Caoimhe Ní Ghormáin, Dáire Rooney, Martine Gleeson and Linda Montgomery, for their assistance and support.īoynton, Susan, and Diane J. ![]() Photography by Gill Whelan, Digital Resources and Imaging Services. This exhibition was curated by Leanne Harrington (M&ARL), with technical support provided by Greg Sheaf. ![]()
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