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Podcast: Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts
Episode: Revealing the Invisible - a Conservation Conversation from the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
Description: Recorded March 4th, 2024.
Conservation and scientific specialists from the Core Partner archives within the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland at Trinity College Dublin discuss the fascinating discoveries being revealed by their latest investigations into ancient archival records.
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Long before the terrible fire of 1922 which destroyed the Public Record Office of Ireland, historical records were being slowly lost to damp, decay and vermin. Writing became obscured by soot and grime or bleached by sunlight, the written record hidden within crumpled parchment and paper too brittle and fragile to be unfurled. History became invisible.
Now, research by expert conservators and heritage scientists...