Bolton – Unique and Distinctive

The Scholar’s binding in Ireland

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

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

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

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

Introduction to the Bolton Library Collection at UL

A reindeer from this 1704 History of Lapland, Bolton Library

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

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

The December weather report from 1688, Bolton Library

A bilingual sermon (Latin and Ethiopic) on the nativity, 1660

Map of the Journeyings of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, 1712, from our Bolton Collection

An image of the Madonna and Child, embossed on a leather binding, 1568