Sion Collection: Anthony L’Abbé’s Dance for the Princess Royal
Of all the collections held at Lambeth Palace Library the Sion College Library collection has to be the most diverse, ranging as it does from art to science to theology […]
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A Helping Hand
Mary Clayton-Kastenholz has been working as a conservation assistant at Lambeth Palace Library for the past month. Prior to this she volunteered with the printed books team assisting with cataloguing […]
Coming to a Close
The latest blog post comes from Alexandra Wade (Preservation Project Assistant), who tells us about the conservation work that has been carried out on Lambeth Palace Library’s manuscript collection over […]
Collections on church architecture: fonts
One of the many joys of working with archives is the surprising nature of the work: even the most unexpected collections can pose fascinating questions, in this instance a collection […]
LAMBETH PALACE CHAPEL
The chapel at Lambeth Palace is one of the oldest extant parts of the site, dating back to the early thirteenth century. In the intervening years, it has been subject […]
Item of Interest: Hidden Treasures
The latest Item of Interest post comes from Alexandra Wade (Preservation Project Assistant), who tells us about the treasures that have been uncovered during conservation work being carried out on […]
Court of Arches Project 4
With the generous support of the Friends of Lambeth Palace Library, a project to enhance access to two key series in the archive of the Court of Arches has been successfully […]
Item of Interest: The Incorporated Church Building Society.
This month’s Item of Interest post was written by Vida Milovanovic (Archives Assistant) and celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Incorporated Church Building Society and its connection with Lambeth Palace Library. […]
April update from the Library and Record Centre
Lambeth Palace Library and the Church of England Record Centre regularly embark on new projects and acquire and catalogue new material, from rare books and manuscripts to modern publications. Every […]
THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND CLERGY TRAINING
The papers of Archbishop Davidson (volume 346) document how planning was already in progress by 1918 on training of candidates from the armed forces for holy orders after the end […]
