D is for…

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

C is for…

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

B is for…

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

A is for…

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

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Collection Information

  Accumulated by two bishops – Archbishop William King (1650-1729) and Bishop Theophilus Bolton (1678-1744) […]