Tag: Bolton Library

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Isaac Basire   The chaplain to Charles I travelled widely during the turbulent years of […]

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Herringbone Sewing   Herringbone sewing is rare in the Bolton Library and, so far, only […]

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Glove and flower watermark   In western papermaking, watermarks are makers’ designs incorporated into the […]

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Fingertabs   A finding aid, a fingertab is a piece of material glued to or […]

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Elixirated spirit of scurvy-grass   Medical advertising at its most persuasive can be seen in […]

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Death   Death walks in the only known copy of this missal (Lyon, 1550) and […]

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Calendars   Bolton Library Ms 1, believed to be an encyclopaedia or relating to the […]

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Banned Books   The rise of printing correlated with the appearance of the Index Librorum […]

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Alum Tawed Skin   Alum tawed skin is prepared in a solution of aluminium and […]

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Collection Information

  Accumulated by two archbishops – William King (1650-1729) and Theophilus Bolton (1678-1744) during the […]