Archdeacon Henry Cotton (1789–1879)
‘Thirty year ago, I lost the advantage of daily access to the Bodleian Library…’
Category: Bolton
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
Advent 2019: 23 December
A reindeer from this 1704 History of Lapland, Bolton Library
Advent 2019: 16 December
The nativity depicted in this inital letter, 1550, Bolton Library
Advent 2019: 6 December
Description of Holly and Ivy from Christopher Merrett’s work, 1667
Advent 2019: 1 December
The December weather report from 1688, Bolton Library
Advent 2018: 21 December
A bilingual sermon (Latin and Ethiopic) on the nativity, 1660
Advent 2018: 16 December
Map of the Journeyings of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, 1712, from our Bolton Collection
