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This 14th century Latin text has been held at Trinity College Dublin since the 19th century.
TCD received the funding for the special preservation work from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Spoiler: Lots of the letters were about Finnegan’s Wake. And they weren’t all in English. Classic Joyce.
The Annals of Inisfallen – written in 1092 – have been on display in the Bodleian Library.
The handwritten rough draft of the modernist writer’s first novel – described as “one of the most important 20th century working manuscripts” – is expected to fetch up to €1.4 million.
This is why they can’t have nice things.
The Faddan More Psalter – a 1,200-year-old decorated manuscript of “international importance” – is evidence of contact between Ireland and the Mediterranean region over one thousand years ago, say experts.
The letter from Joyce to his friend, Italian writer Carlo Linati, sees the frustrated Irishman decry the censorship of his books.
The book, that tells the story of a caravan with a mind of its own, might well be worth lashings of euro.