South Asian Heritage Month Collection Close Up: Punjabi 5.
Punjabi 5: scripture written on burnished, handmade paper To celebrate South Asian Heritage Month this series will be exploring itemsContinue Reading
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The Clitheroe Kid: Jeff Nuttall and All That Jazz
This blog highlights my initial PhD research constructing a brief biography of Jeff Nuttall. Poet, artist, musician and the authorContinue Reading
‘Matter of Curious Inquiry’: Gilbert White and The Natural History of Selborne: part 2
18 July 2020 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Gilbert White, the pioneering naturalist and author of the perennially popular Natural History of Selborne, published in 1788. In the first blog post to celebrate the centenary, I explored Gilbert White’s life, his significance as a proto-environmentalist and scientist, and the charm of his natural-history writing. In this second blog post, I discuss the publication history of The Natural History of Selborne and its evergreen appeal to successive generations of readers.
‘Matter of Curious Inquiry’: Gilbert White and The Natural History of Selborne: part 1
18 July 2020 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Gilbert White, the pioneering naturalist and author of the perennially popular Natural History of Selborne, published in 1788. In this blog post, I explore some aspects of Gilbert White’s life, his significance as a proto-environmentalist and scientist, and the charm of his natural-history writing.
Sign of the Times: the Sitters Books of Frank Salisbury – Part 2
In the second of two blog posts, Reader Services Assistants Ian Graham and Angela Petyt-Whittaker continue to discuss their jointContinue Reading
Introduction to Collection Care
The Collection Care team has specialist knowledge encompassing: books, paper, pith, parchment, leather, papyrus, photographic, and visual collections
Materials of the Book – Paper
Paper has had many uses… crucially it is the perfect material for writing, printing and making books
Materials of the Book – Papyrus
The famous writing material of Ancient Egypt, enduring and iconic
Materials of the Book – Wood
Wood is strong and easily shaped, allowing for the creation of practical and beautiful things, for books it creates the quintissential hardback
Materials of the Book – Leather
Leather is durable strong and flexible, also luxurious, tactile to hold