▁followed ▁by ▁a ▁res ume ▁of ▁Vir g il ' s ▁' A ene id ', ▁beginning ▁with ▁N est or ' s ▁speech ▁to ▁the ▁Gree ks . ▁ ▁The ▁Book ▁of ▁B ally m ote , ▁like ▁many ▁of ▁its ▁kind , ▁has ▁made ▁history ▁by ▁its ▁w ander ings . ▁For ▁over ▁a ▁hundred ▁years ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁tre as ured ▁possession ▁of ▁the ▁Mc Don ag hs ▁of ▁Cor ran . ▁About ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century , ▁it ▁fell ▁into ▁the ▁possession ▁of ▁the ▁O ' D onn ells ▁with ▁whom ▁it ▁remained ▁until ▁the ▁Fl ight ▁of ▁the ▁Ear ls ▁in ▁ 1 6 0 3 . ▁From ▁ 1 6 2 0 ▁until ▁ 1 7 6 7 ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁library ▁of ▁Tr inity ▁College , ▁Dublin . ▁It ▁disappeared ▁from ▁the ▁library ▁and ▁was ▁later ▁found ▁in ▁Burg und y , ▁France . ▁In ▁ 1 7 8 5 ▁it ▁was ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Royal ▁Irish ▁Academy ▁where ▁it ▁remained ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Academy ' s ▁most ▁tre as ured ▁poss essions . ▁The ▁work ▁was ▁photograph ed ▁by ▁the ▁Academy ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 ▁and ▁two ▁hundred ▁copies ▁of ▁it ▁were ▁made . ▁One ▁copy ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁dioc es an ▁arch ives ▁and ▁others ▁in ▁libraries . ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁page ▁of ▁the ▁work ▁contains ▁a ▁drawing ▁of ▁No ah ' s ▁Ark . ▁The ▁first ▁written ▁page ▁is ▁lost , ▁and