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Category: Bolton

Bolton Library: Bolted on #1

A leaf of fragmented manuscript text survives inside a 17th century binding

Minature book and paper case on grey background. The book and slipcase are green with gold decorations.

Miniatures in the Bolton Library

Get the magnifying class! These miniature books from the Bolton range in size from 5 cm all the way down to 0.5 mm

Bookbindings of the Bolton Library #1

A closer look at a 16thC roll binding from the Bolton Library

Archdeacon Henry Cotton (1789–1879)

‘Thirty year ago, I lost the advantage of daily access to the Bodleian Library…’

The Scholar’s binding in Ireland

Scholar’s bindings were put together with the materials available, without access to bookbinding training, techniques or tools.

National Heritage Week 2020: Making a scholar’s notebook

A list of materials and video tutorial demonstrating how to make an Irish Scholar’s Notebook at home

Conservation insights: moving the Bolton Library

The Bolton Library comprises almost two-thirds of a kilometre of shelving

Bolton Library: ‘The unlimited virtue of books’

A contemporary reference to a new invention… on the penultimate leaf!

The Bolton Library

Introduction to the Bolton Library Collection at UL

Page from Johannes Scheffer’s The history of Lapland

Advent 2019: 23 December

A reindeer from this 1704 History of Lapland, Bolton Library

Page from Missale ad vsvm ecclesiae Romanae

Advent 2019: 16 December

The nativity depicted in this inital letter, 1550, Bolton Library

Page from Bolton book

Advent 2019: 6 December

Description of Holly and Ivy from Christopher Merrett’s work, 1667

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