Lucy VintenFeb 7, 20227 minWomen in the Jesuit Rare Book CollectionThe Jesuit collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century books is not an obvious place to look for women, but in a recent blog post I...
Lucy VintenMar 2, 20207 minReduce, Reuse, Recycle the 17th Century WayWorld Book Day falls on 5 March this year, and this blog post will look at some of the antiquarian books in the Jesuit Archives which I...
Lucy VintenJan 28, 20194 minCataloguing Antiquarian BooksIn this blog post, volunteer Lucy tells us about the fascinating process of cataloguing our historically important antiquarian book...
Mary AllenFeb 19, 20184 minRobert Southwell's Hundred Meditations of the Love of GodSt Robert Southwell SJ (1561-1595), whose feast day is celebrated 21 February, is one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales canonised...
Sally KentOct 9, 20174 minJesuits and the Lost Art of Letter WritingThe Jesuits in Britain Archives is full of letters – personal correspondence, circulars, letters to and from Fr Provincial and Fr...