Uma ungumfundi okhuthele kufanele uvakashele iTrinity College Library eDublin. Lo mtapo wolwazi omangalisayo weminyaka engama-300 uyigumbi elide elakhiwe phakathi kuka-1712 no-1732
Eminye yemibono emikhulu yomtapo wezincwadi yi - '' Igumbi Elide '' (igumbi elide) ingcweti yobuciko bokwakha obukhulu obuqhele ngamamitha angaba ngu-213 ubude. Ngenhloso yokwamukela izincwadi ezingaphezu kwama-200,000 lapha, izijobelelo zenziwa kuyo ngawo-1850s.
Isizathu esenza ukuthi izincwadi eziningi kangaka zibe kulomtapo wolwazi ukuthi ngo-1801 umtapo wolwazi wanikezwa ilungelo lokufuna ikhophi elilodwa lamahhala lazo zonke izincwadi ezishicilelwe eGreat Britain nase-Ireland. Ngeke uthole kuphela izincwadi ezivamile lapha, kepha ezinye zezinto eziyivelakancane futhi ezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni.
Umtapo wezincwadi uhlala omkhulu kunayo yonke ezweni ngobukhulu, futhi uyikhaya lezinye zezincwadi ezingandile futhi ezibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni kubandakanya Incwadi kaKells ebhalwe Monks, phezu 1,200 edlule. Futhi, umtapo wezincwadi uphethe elinye lamakhophi ayingqayizivele weSimemezelo Sase-Irish Republic sango-1976.
Igumbi elide lenziwe ngokhuni oluqoshiwe olunamabhasi emabula anikezelwe izingqondo ezinkulu emhlabeni, kufaka phakathi u-Isaac Newton, uPlato no-Aristotle.
Umtapo wezincwadi uhlotshiswe ngezinto eziningi zasendulo eziyigugu, kufaka phakathi ihabhu lekhulu le-15.
