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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.


Women in the Jesuit Rare Book Collection
The 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 Vinten
Feb 7, 20227 min read


To make a Marmolet of Apricots: A Recipe from the Flyleaves
Many of the books in the Jesuit Antiquarian book collection contain re-used paper or other material, usually as part of the binding or as...

Lucy Vinten
Sep 6, 20213 min read


Reduce, Reuse, Recycle the 17th Century Way
World 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 Vinten
Mar 2, 20207 min read


Cataloguing Antiquarian Books
In this blog post, volunteer Lucy tells us about the fascinating process of cataloguing our historically important antiquarian book...

Lucy Vinten
Jan 28, 20194 min read


Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
As the UK prepares for the annual Bonfire Night celebrations, the BBC will be airing the final episode of its ‘explosive’ three-part...

Mary Allen
Oct 30, 20173 min read


St Henry Morse SJ portrait
Short description of acquisition and conservation treatment of a portrait of the Jesuit St Henry Morse.

Rebecca Somerset
Feb 6, 20152 min read
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