‘… through these words comes opinions into the world’
The Index librorum prohibitorum and the banning of books
Dyeing with yasha, a traditional & natural Japanese dye
Yasha is a natural yellow-brown dye extracted from cones of the Japanese alder tree and used to dye fabric and paper.
National Heritage Week 2022: The Bolton Library A to Z
Showcasing the best of the Bolton Library for National Heritage Week 2022
Bookbindings of the Bolton Library #3
Contemporary bindings cover two 16th century Basel printings
Do you recognise these words?
The musings of former owners are revealed
Birds, butterflies and two-headed dragons
The wonderful imaginings of printer Julian Notary (active 1496-1520)
Lucerna Fidelium–Lochrann na gCreidmheach, Roma, (1676)
Apart from the Latin title Lucerna Fidelium–Lochrann na gCreidmheach (1676) is written entirely in early modern Irish.
Tithe Troubles in Pre-Famine Ireland
Trouble in pre-famine Ireland and the vestrymen of Moyaliffe
Bolton Library: Bolted on #2
Murder and misadventure in the Middle Ages: a 13th century legal resource preserved by a 19th century bookbinder
An architect’s ledger: James Pain and Adare Manor, 1832—1834
The ledger of limerick architect James Pain, the man enlisted in 1832 to design Adare Manor
The Glin Castle ‘Cellar Book’
The Glin Castle Cellar Book highlights the grandeur of life at Glin Castle in the 1930s & 1940s
Scrapbooking the Roaring Twenties
A snapshot of the 1920’a found in the scrapbook of Jess Armstrong
