Dr John Gillis,was recently tasked with meticulously creating a handcrafted replica of the ‘Red Book of Ossory’ for display in Kilkenny city
Manuscript conservator, Dr John Gillis, and calligrapher and historian, Timothy O’Neill, meticulously handcrafted a replica of the 14th-century manuscript, The Red Book of Ossory, for display in Kilkenny city. Pictured at the handover of the replica are manuscript conservator, Dr John Gillis; Dean of Ossory, Rev Stephen Farrell; calligrapher, Timothy O’Neill and chief librarian at RCB Library, Dr Susan Hood. Photo: Dylan Vaughan
When manuscript conservator Dr John Gillis arrives at work, he steps out of the land of the living and into the land of the dead.
The Dublin man’s working days are spent engrossed in the lives of those who walked this earth hundreds if not thousands of years ago.