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Read about our latest news, collection highlights, and reflections.
Lucy Vinten
Feb 229 min read
The evolution of exhibitions at the Jesuit Archive
The British Jesuit Archive has been putting on physical exhibitions for over ten years, and the way we do it has changed significantly in...
Lucy Vinten
May 31, 20237 min read
A Catholic translation of Bede’s History
This blogpost discusses Thomas Stapleton’s 1656 translation of Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People. It looks at...
Lucy Vinten
Feb 14, 20234 min read
The Popish Plot and the Jesuit Archive
An overview of the Popish Plot of the 1670s, it's devastating effect on Jesuits, and how Jesuits have collected printed material about it.
Lucy Vinten
Nov 29, 20224 min read
Fr Forrester, a suppressed Jesuit
This blog post investigates the ownership mark C Forrester SFJ discovered in three of the antiquarian books.
Lucy Vinten
Feb 7, 20227 min read
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
Oct 18, 20213 min read
St Francis Borgia SJ
Exploring the importance of St Francis Borgia to the Society of Jesus through our rare books collection.
Lucy Vinten
Sep 6, 20213 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...
Mary Allen
May 23, 20214 min read
Celebrating the Ignatian Year
This year, 20 May marks the 500th anniversary of the injury that Ignatius of Loyola received at Pamplona, sparking his conversion.
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