[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.]
| PAGE | |
| Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, | [Frontispiece.] |
| The Oldest Map of the College, | [7] |
| Fac-simile of Provost Ashe’s Prayer, | [10] |
| The Earliest extant College Seal, | [11] |
| The South Back of the Elizabethan College, | [25] |
| Fac-simile of Title-page, Archbishop Marsh’s “Logic,” | [37] |
| Chapel Plate (dated 1632 and 1638), | [44] |
| Title-page of the Centenary Sermon, January 9, 169 3 4 , | [52] |
| The old Clock Tower, | [62] |
| Candelabrum, Examination Hall, | [130] |
| Dunsink Observatory, | [133] |
| South Equatorial, Dunsink, | [142] |
| Meridian Room, Dunsink, | [144] |
| Old Print of Library, 1753, | [152] |
| Interior of Library, 1858, | [154] |
| A Page from the “Book of Kells,” | [161] |
| Satchel of the “Book of Armagh,” | [164] |
| Shrine of the “Book of Dimma,” | [165] |
| Book Recesses in Library, | [176] |
| Inner Staircase in Library, | [177] |
| Interior of Library, 1860, | [178][178] |
| The Library, 1891, | [179][179] |
| Library Staircase and Entrance to Reading Room, | [180] |
| Royal Arms now placed in Library, | [181] |
| Front of Trinity College, 1728, | [183] |
| Ground Plan of Trinity College, from Rocque’s Map of Dublin, 1750, | [187] |
| Ampelopsis veitchii, | [190] |
| Trinity College—West Front, | [191][191] |
| The Provost’s House, from Grafton Street, | [195] |
| Drawing Room, Provost’s House, | [197] |
| Top of Staircase, Regent’s Hall, | [200] |
| Parliament and Library Squares, | [201][201] |
| Library Square, | [202][202] |
| The Chapel, | [204] |
| Baldwin’s Monument, | [211] |
| The Bell Tower, from the Provost’s Garden, | [215] |
| The Dining Hall, viewed from Library Square, | [218] |
| Interior of Dining Hall, | [219] |
| The Engineering School, from College Park, | [220] |
| Entrance to Engineering School, | [222] |
| Hall and Staircase, Engineering School, | [223] |
| Carvings at Base of Staircase, | [224] |
| The Printing Office, from New Square, | [225] |
| View in the College Park—Library—Engineering School, | [228] |
| The Medical School, | [229][229] |
| The Museum (Tennis Court), | [230] |
| The Dissecting Room, | [231] |
| The Printing Office, | [233] |
| Pulpit in Dining Hall, | [234] |
| Portrait of Archbishop Ussher, | [238] |
| Portrait of William King, D.D., | [241] |
| Bust of Dr. Delany, | [243] |
| Portrait of William Molyneux, | [244] |
| Bust of Dean Swift, | [244] |
| Portrait of Thomas Southerne, | [245] |
| Portrait of William Congreve, | [247] |
| Portrait of Bishop Berkeley, | [249] |
| Portrait of Earl of Clare, | [256] |
| Portrait of Lord Plunket, | [258] |
| Fac-simile of Original MS. of “The Burial of Sir John Moore,” | [260, 261] |
| Bust of James MacCullagh, | [263] |
| Portrait of Charles Lever, | [263] |
| Tomb of Bishop Berkeley, | [264] |
| Communion Cups—Meade, 1760; Garret Wesley, 1751; Caufield, 1690, | [267] |
| Salver—Gilbert, 1734, | [268] |
| The College Mace, | [271] |
| Punch Bowls—Plunket, 1702; Meade, 1708, | [272] |
| Duncombe Cup, 1680; Palliser Cup, 1709, | [273] |
| Epergne (Reign of George II.), | [274] |
| Botanical Gardens—The Pond. Winter, | [281] |
[CHAPTER I.][1]
FROM THE FOUNDATION TO THE CAROLINE CHARTER.
Laudamus te, benignissime Pater, pro serenissimis,