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Unique   Cataloguing in the 21st century, with access to digital catalogues and images worldwide, […]

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Tudor Binding   Contemporary/ original bindings are the norm in the Bolton Library, and this […]

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Sammelbands   Distinct works, originally published separately and subsequently bound together in one volume, usually […]

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Recycling   The collection features many examples of historic thrift. In Bolton Library I.17.24, the […]

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Powerful Queens   Queen Elizabeth I hampered the printing in its entirety of Bolton Library […]

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Phagotum   A musical instrument invented by Afranio Ambrogio in the 16th century, akin to […]

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O’Connor   Scribed by Dermod O’Connor, a Limerick native, and dated July 1714, Bolton Library […]

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Not Worth…   In our blog, we have been exploring how care and a good […]

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Manicules   A finding aid, usually in the form of a pointing hand, manicules are […]

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Loneliness   ‘Would God I were in Dungiven with al my books & cloase’ is […]

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Bathing King   Early manuscripts (and manuscript waste) offer rare splashes of colour in an […]

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James I   King James VI and I of England authored the slim but influential […]