Lucy Vinten
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...
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Blog Posts
Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Lucy Vinten
- Sep 6, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Mar 2, 2020
- 7 min
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
- Jan 28, 2019
- 4 min
Cataloguing Antiquarian Books
In this blog post, volunteer Lucy tells us about the fascinating process of cataloguing our historically important antiquarian book...
Mary Allen
- Oct 30, 2017
- 3 min
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...
Rebecca Somerset
- Feb 6, 2015
- 2 min
St Henry Morse SJ portrait
Short description of acquisition and conservation treatment of a portrait of the Jesuit St Henry Morse.
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