We couldn’t resist celebrating St Andrews day with some ‘inspiring illustrations’ of our eponym himself. The cult of St Andrew was actively pursued in Scotland… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 23: Images of St Andrew
Earlier this week, the Special Collections department shut its doors for a collection day where all staff focused on one particular subject area and began… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 47: a presentation binding from Louis XIV and Antonio Barberini, Archbishop of Rheims
This week’s binding post is taking a slightly different turn: instead of focusing on one book, we’re looking at a collection of over 100. In,… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 46: an armorial stamp to remember an Earl by
Our collections, like most historic collections, are littered with hundreds of armorial stamped bindings, ranging from the 16th to 19th century. These bindings are wonderful… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings, Week 31: a gift from the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Abbot
The mystery of Edward Gwynn Earlier this year the rare book community received a general call-to-arms request in regards to helping track down books owned… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 19
Having been inspired by a recent conference in Oxford (9 June 2011) entitled “The place of bindings in book history and bibliography: resources and research”… Read More »52 Weeks of Fantastic Bindings: Week 1
