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Talk: Messy Books Tell Stories
Dublin City, Co. Dublin
10 December 2025
Free to visit
Join a free Hybrid Talk from Professor Matthew Keegan, 'Messy Books Tell Stories' from Chester Beatty this December.

This talk tells the story of medieval Arabic books in which prominent people left their mark, thereby enhancing the prestige of those books. These pages are full of stories about the fascinating social lives of books.

From Professor Matthew Keegan, Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern cultures, Barnard College, Columbia University.

Free talk in the Reference Library or online via Zoom. Registration required, place limited.

Image: Title page containing multiple ownership marks for this 10th-century copy of Ibn al-Nadim’s Fihrist,

Baghdad, Iraq, 987-1000, CBL Ar 3315

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Dates
10 December 2025
Time
Start 18:00
Price
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