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Treasures of the
St. Canice’s
Cathedral Collection
Barbara McCormack
1st April 2017
Meeting of The Church of Ireland
Historical Society
Armagh Public Library
Introduction
• About the Collection
• Subjects, languages, imprints etc.
Bishops Thomas Otway & Edward Maurice
• Biographical details
• Bequests
• Examples
Printed works and manuscripts
• Incunabula
• Manuscript fragments
• Religiousworks
• Other works
Evidence of previous owners
Current progress
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Introduction
• Collection was recently transferred from
St. Canice’s Cathedral in Kilkenny to
Maynooth University Library on a long-
term loan from the Representative Church
Body of Ireland.
• Housed in an environmentally controlled
state-of-the-art storage facility.
• Significant work was carried out by Hugh
Campbell in the 1990s which culminated
in a comprehensive catalogue listing and
report ‘St Canice’s Library: The Otway-
Maurice Collection’ (October 1994) which
was invaluable in terms of this paper.
The Collection at
Maynooth UniversityLibrary
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COLLECTION OVERVIEW
Collection overview
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• Approximately 3,300 works, including:
– Four items of incunabula (pre-1500 printing)
– Approximately 305 titles printed before 1600
– Approximately 1,300 works printed in the 18th
century
• Subject areas include: Religion, History, Classics,
Mathematics, and Geography.
• Languages include: Latin, English, French, Italian,
and Greek.
• Other important works include several items by the
Venetian printer Aldus, as well as several sixteenth
century Parisian printings.
Imprints – some examples
Dublin
85
London
1200
Amsterdam
455
Paris
455
Cologne
75
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THOMAS OTWAY
Thomas Otway (1616-1693)
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• Born in Wiltshire and educated at Winchester College.
Graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge in 1639
before studying at Trinity College, Dublin.
• Royalist sympathies during the civil war - banished to the
West Indies. Later became chaplain to Lord Berkeley and
eventually Bishop of Ossory in February 1680.
• Supported James II, becoming a member of Irish
parliament in May 1689. In 1690 William attempted to
suspend him from parliament – however he later
became member of House of Lords in 1692.
• Died in March 1693 and buried in the Cathedral Church.
Otway’s bequest
Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
• In 1693 Otway bequeathed ‘books – folios, quartos, and
octavos and £200 in money – or more, if need should be
– for the beginning of a Library for the Cathedral of St.
Canice and for the use of the Clergy about it’.
• This bequest not only founded the Cathedral Library but
provided for its management in the form of a library
keeper to be paid £5 annually and coal for a weekly fire
‘to preserve the books’.
An example from Otway’s library
• Very few books in the
collection bear the signature
of Thomas Otway.
• One exception is on the title
page of a theological work
printed in Paris in 1532.
• Includes the motto: ‘Ne quid
nimis’ [Nothing in excess].
Theological text printed in 1532
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EDWARD MAURICE
Edward Maurice (c1694-1756)
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• Enrolled in Trinity College, Dublin in 1709.
• Consecrated Bishop of Ossory in 1754 at St Patrick’s
Cathedral, by the archbishop of Dublin.
• Completed manuscript translations of Homer’s Odyssey
and Iliad into English.
• Andrew Sneddon suggests that Bishop Maurice was
particularly concerned with “the continued security
threat posed by the Catholic majority” evidenced in a
sermon delivered in October 1755.
• According to Richard Mant he was “less known than he
deserves to be” adding that Maurice delighted “in the
unambitious and retiring enjoyments of rural life”.
Maurice’s bequest
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• In 1756 Maurice bequeathed his ‘printed books to the
Library … together with ten double cases of one form
made of Dansick oak’.
• Maurice asked that ‘an oath be taken by the Librarian
not to imbezzle or deface or lend any book out of the
library but to give due attendance to such clergymen
and gentlemen as may be disposed to study there from
6 o’clock in the morning to the tolling of the bell for
morning prayer’.
Breakdown of Maurice’s Library
720
336
203
1
15th Century 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century
No. ofTitles
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INCUNABULA
Decades of History from the
Deterioration of the Roman Empire
• Printed in Venice, 1483.
• Italian humanist historian and early
archaeologist, Flavio Biondo (1392-
1463).
• A history of Europe in three books
(text divided in three parts).
• Decorated initial letters in gold,
blue, and red.
• Opening page has a decorated
border with foliage – title page is
missing.
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Decades of History (initial letters)
Red and blue hand painted initial letters in the text
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The Consolation of Philosophy
• Sixth century philosopher Boethius.
• Printed in August 1497.
• Very rare - only other copies existing
in the British Isles are in the British
Library and Cambridge.
• Annotations from three centuries on
the title page alone:
– 16th century: ‘Give me, Lord, a
quiet mind’ (translation)
– 17th century: ‘I must keep the rule
given by James Mullens. 12th Feb,
1692/3’ (translation)
– 18th century: ‘Ed.Maurice’
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Sarum Missal
• Printed in Westminster, 1498.
• This was the first Sarum Missal
printed in England.
• Produced by Julian Notary and
Jean Barbier for Fleet Street
printer Wynkyn de Worde.
• Features liturgical type which
was imported from France.
• Printers device of William
Caxton.
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Dialogues on the Ten Commandments
• Pynson’s edition of
Dialogues on the Ten
Commandments, printed
in 1493.
• Extensively repaired.
• Earliest complete work in
the English language in
the collection.
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Dialogues on the Ten Commandments
(Fragments)
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MANUSCRIPTS
Binder’s waste
• Parchment manuscript used to
reinforce the spine of a printed book.
• Plainchant musical notation.
• Parchment, being animal skin, was
tough and durable, and would not
tear.
• It was common practice in the past to
sew strips of disused parchment into
the binding of a book to strengthen it.
• Many interesting texts have survived
in this way.
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Other examples (1)
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Other examples (2)
Pen flourished initial letter ‘P’ in
manuscript fragment. Note the
rubrication (red ink) and
decorated folio numbers (red and
blue ink).
Manuscript pastedown removed
from a printed book.
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Other examples (3)
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Other examples (4)
Parchment manuscript used as
binders waste in a book printed in
Geneva in 1617.
Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
Parchment manuscript used to support
spine in a book printed in Basle in 1537.
Oldest known item in the collection
“Mandate for the Citation of John Bar ... Toappear before
Thomas (Bourchier) Papal Legate and Archbishop of
Canterbury, given at Lambeth 6th February 1468.”
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OTHER WORKS
Shakespearian Fourth Folio
• William Shakespeare’s Comedies,
Histories, and Tragedies.
Published according to true
original copies. Unto which is
added, seven plays, never before
printed in Folio.
• Also known as the ‘Fourth Folio’.
• Printed in 1685 for Herringman,
Brewster and Bentley of London.
• Important in terms of
Shakespearian scholarship.
• Maurice signed the title page of
this work. Portrait of William Shakespeare from the
‘FourthFolio’
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The Ship of Fools
• Sebastian Brandt’s The ship
of Fools, printed in London
in 1509.
• Alexander Barclay edition
published in English.
• Original work first published
in 1494.
• Consists of 112 satires, and
an epilogue – all illustrated
with woodcuts.
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A Book of Christian Prayers
• Also known as Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer
Book.
• Original edition was printed in 1569, this
issued printed in 1608 in London.
• Contains detailed woodcuts in the style
of Dürer and Holbein.
Woodcuts from
Queen
Elizabeth’s
Prayer Book
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Book of Common Prayer (1552)
• Second Book of Common
Prayer, printed in August
1552 during the reign of
Edward VI by Richard
Grafton.
• Revision of 1549 version.
• Developed by Thomas
Cranmer, Archbishop of
Canterbury (1489-1556).
• Fine woodcuts throughout
• Woodcut border on title
page with red and black
text.Woodcut historiated initial letter
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Tillage and vegetation
• Jethro Tull’s The Horse-Hoeing
Husbandry: or, An essay on the
principles of tillage and vegetation.
• Printed in Dublin by the Dublin
Society in 1733.
• Outlines ‘a Method of introducing
a Sort of Vineyard-Culture into the
Corn-Fields’.
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Other farming works
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Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening &
Commerce
• Printed in London, 1717.
• Contains handwritten instructions on
the production of African cement
which involves well sifted ashes, lime
and sand.
Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
A Book on exercise
• Medicina Gymnastica: or a
Treatise concerning the Power of
Exercise.
• Printed in London in 1728.
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Voyage de l'Arabie Heureuse
• Jean de la Roque’s Voyage de
l’Arabie Heureuse.
• Printed in Amsterdam in 1716.
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RELIGIOUS WORKS
Roman Catholic authors
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The collection features works by various Roman Catholic authors prominent in
the 17th and early 18th century, including:
• French mathematician, physicist, and Christian philosopher Blaise Pascal
(1623-1662), one of the first inventors of the mechanical calculator and
author of religious literary work The Provincial Letters. Two editions of this
title (1698 and 1712) are found in the collection, one of which is signed by
Maurice.
• French Archbishop François Fénelon (1651-1715), author of The
Adventures of Telemachus which was written for the Duke of Burgandy.
Fénelon also wrote Dialogues of the Dead and Reflections on Rhetoric and
Poetry. All of which are featured in the Collection.
• English poet and Catholic convert Richard Crashaw (c1613-1649), author
of Poems and Epigrams. A work by George Herbert, one of Crashaw’s
influences, is also in the collection as is a sermon by Crashaw’s father
William, a devout Protestant clergyman and pamphleteer.
Protestant authors
Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
The collection also features works by various Protestant authors
prominent in the 17th and early 18th century, including:
• Richard Baxter (1615-1691), English Puritan and author of A Treaty
of Episcopacy (London, 1681). George Morley, Anglican bishop of
Worchester, and opponent of Baxter can also be found in the
collection.
• Anglican author Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), author of A
Rationale Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion and A
Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome,
both of which included attacks on Catholicism and garnered
defences from Catholic authors.
• English writer and Baptist John Bunyan (1628-1688), author of The
Pilgrim’s Progress which he wrote during his imprisonment after the
restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
PROVENANCE
John Hartstonge (1654-1717)
• John Hartstonge (1654-1717) was
Bishop of Ossory from 1693-1714 when
he became Bishop of Derry.
• Hartstonge had previously worked as
chaplain to James Butler, 1st Duke of
Ormonde.
• Seven titles in the Otway-Maurice
collection were once in his possession
including Francis Mason’s A Vindication
of the Church of England (1638).
• These range in date from 1516-1639
and include works in Latin, English,
French, and Italian. Bookplate of John (Hartstonge)
Lord Bishop of Ossory
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Sir Thomas Vesey,
1st Baronet (1668?–1730)
• At least two works in the collection are associated with Sir Thomas
Vesey, Baronet of Abbeyleix and Bishop of Ossory from 1714-30.
• A note on the flyleaf of Annotations upon the Holy Bible (1651)
which is possibly in the hand of Maurice reads: ‘given me by Sir
John Denny Vesey Bar: 1730.’
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Theodore Maurice (1670-1731)
• Theodore Maurice studied at Trinity
College Dublin and was Archdeacon
of Tuam from 1706-31.
• He once owned a significant
amount of works in the Otway-
Maurice collection (over sixty).
• Theodore was most likely a brother
of Edward Maurice.
• His books include William Falkner’s
Christian Loyalty…to the King
(1679)
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Bookplate of Theodore Maurice (1670-1731)
Wheeler family
Gilbert Wheeler 1724
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Edward Wheeler 1732
Other provenance information
Elisabeth Baker
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Ex libris: Nat. Foy
(possibly Nathaniel Foy, Bishop of Waterford
and Lismore)
Thomas White
His booke and
god make him good.
Drelincourt family
• At least 95 titles in the Otway-Maurice
collections are associated with the
Drelincourt’s, 36 of these are in French.
• Pierre or Peter Drelincourt (1644-1722)
was dean of Armagh and the son of
French Protestant divine, Charles
Drelincourt.
• Peter was born in Paris and educated in
Geneva but emigrated to Ireland where
he gained the support of James Butler,
1st duke of Ormond, before quickly
rising to the higher tiers of the Irish
Church. He later married the sister of
Edward Maurice (Mary Drelincourt). Bookplate of Mrs Ann Drelincourt
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Drelincourt family - example
• Peter’s brother Charles Drelincourt (1633-
1697) was a French physician. In 1659 he
was appointed as a physician to King
Louise XIV and later held the Chair of
Medicine at Leiden University before
becoming Rector.
• An inscription on the pastedown of a work
relating to church history reads: ‘For my
brother the Dean of Armagh, from your
affectionate brother, Charles Drelincourt,
Dean of the University of Leiden.1692.’
• Titles include works by the 17th century
French cartographer Nicolas Sanson,
French philosopher Pierre Bayle, William
King, and John Stearne.
Note from Charles to Peter Drelincourt
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PROGRESS
Progress to date
• Books have been frozen to eliminate pest
damage and subsequently cleaned.
• Loose boards and spines have been secured
with archival ties and/orboxes.
• A cataloguing project commenced in
Summer 2015 and the collection is now
findable via the online catalogue with a
provenance note indicating collection
ownership.
• Material is housed in an environmentally
controlled secure storage area with optimal
temperature and humidity levels.
• Items requiring conservation work have
been identified and will be repaired by an
onsite conservationteam.
Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
References
Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
• H. Campbell, St Canice’s Library: The Otway-Maurice Collection, 1994.
• A. F.Pollard, ‘Otway, Thomas (1616–1693)’, rev. James McGuire, Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online
edn, Oct 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20945, accessed
3 Oct 2015].
• R. Mant, History of the Church of Ireland, II, John W.Parker, 1840.
• Andrew Sneddon, ‘Church of Ireland Missions to Roman Catholics, c.
1700-1800’ in The Oxford Handbook of the British Sermon 1689-1901
edited by K.A. Francis and W.Gibson, Oxford University Press, 2012, p.
538.
• Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross…Volume3, edited
by William Maziere Brady, London, 1864, p. 99.
• Painter, George et. al. (n.d.) Two missals printed for Wynkyn de Worde.
Retrieved September 25, 2016 from
http://www.bl.uk/eblj/1976articles/pdf/article14.pdf, p.160.
QUESTIONS?
Contact details
Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
Barbara McCormack
Special Collections
JPII Library and Russell Library
+353 1 708 3890/3882
barbara.mccormack@nuim.ie
All images in this presentation © The
Representative Body of the Church of Ireland
from the collections of Maynooth University
Library.

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Barbara McCormack - Treasures of the St Canice’s Cathedral Collection

  • 1. Treasures of the St. Canice’s Cathedral Collection Barbara McCormack 1st April 2017 Meeting of The Church of Ireland Historical Society Armagh Public Library
  • 2. Introduction • About the Collection • Subjects, languages, imprints etc. Bishops Thomas Otway & Edward Maurice • Biographical details • Bequests • Examples Printed works and manuscripts • Incunabula • Manuscript fragments • Religiousworks • Other works Evidence of previous owners Current progress Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 3. Introduction • Collection was recently transferred from St. Canice’s Cathedral in Kilkenny to Maynooth University Library on a long- term loan from the Representative Church Body of Ireland. • Housed in an environmentally controlled state-of-the-art storage facility. • Significant work was carried out by Hugh Campbell in the 1990s which culminated in a comprehensive catalogue listing and report ‘St Canice’s Library: The Otway- Maurice Collection’ (October 1994) which was invaluable in terms of this paper. The Collection at Maynooth UniversityLibrary Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 5. Collection overview Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary • Approximately 3,300 works, including: – Four items of incunabula (pre-1500 printing) – Approximately 305 titles printed before 1600 – Approximately 1,300 works printed in the 18th century • Subject areas include: Religion, History, Classics, Mathematics, and Geography. • Languages include: Latin, English, French, Italian, and Greek. • Other important works include several items by the Venetian printer Aldus, as well as several sixteenth century Parisian printings.
  • 6. Imprints – some examples Dublin 85 London 1200 Amsterdam 455 Paris 455 Cologne 75 Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 8. Thomas Otway (1616-1693) Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary • Born in Wiltshire and educated at Winchester College. Graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge in 1639 before studying at Trinity College, Dublin. • Royalist sympathies during the civil war - banished to the West Indies. Later became chaplain to Lord Berkeley and eventually Bishop of Ossory in February 1680. • Supported James II, becoming a member of Irish parliament in May 1689. In 1690 William attempted to suspend him from parliament – however he later became member of House of Lords in 1692. • Died in March 1693 and buried in the Cathedral Church.
  • 9. Otway’s bequest Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary • In 1693 Otway bequeathed ‘books – folios, quartos, and octavos and £200 in money – or more, if need should be – for the beginning of a Library for the Cathedral of St. Canice and for the use of the Clergy about it’. • This bequest not only founded the Cathedral Library but provided for its management in the form of a library keeper to be paid £5 annually and coal for a weekly fire ‘to preserve the books’.
  • 10. An example from Otway’s library • Very few books in the collection bear the signature of Thomas Otway. • One exception is on the title page of a theological work printed in Paris in 1532. • Includes the motto: ‘Ne quid nimis’ [Nothing in excess]. Theological text printed in 1532 Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 12. Edward Maurice (c1694-1756) Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary • Enrolled in Trinity College, Dublin in 1709. • Consecrated Bishop of Ossory in 1754 at St Patrick’s Cathedral, by the archbishop of Dublin. • Completed manuscript translations of Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad into English. • Andrew Sneddon suggests that Bishop Maurice was particularly concerned with “the continued security threat posed by the Catholic majority” evidenced in a sermon delivered in October 1755. • According to Richard Mant he was “less known than he deserves to be” adding that Maurice delighted “in the unambitious and retiring enjoyments of rural life”.
  • 13. Maurice’s bequest Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary • In 1756 Maurice bequeathed his ‘printed books to the Library … together with ten double cases of one form made of Dansick oak’. • Maurice asked that ‘an oath be taken by the Librarian not to imbezzle or deface or lend any book out of the library but to give due attendance to such clergymen and gentlemen as may be disposed to study there from 6 o’clock in the morning to the tolling of the bell for morning prayer’.
  • 14. Breakdown of Maurice’s Library 720 336 203 1 15th Century 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century No. ofTitles Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 16. Decades of History from the Deterioration of the Roman Empire • Printed in Venice, 1483. • Italian humanist historian and early archaeologist, Flavio Biondo (1392- 1463). • A history of Europe in three books (text divided in three parts). • Decorated initial letters in gold, blue, and red. • Opening page has a decorated border with foliage – title page is missing. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 17. Decades of History (initial letters) Red and blue hand painted initial letters in the text Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 18. The Consolation of Philosophy • Sixth century philosopher Boethius. • Printed in August 1497. • Very rare - only other copies existing in the British Isles are in the British Library and Cambridge. • Annotations from three centuries on the title page alone: – 16th century: ‘Give me, Lord, a quiet mind’ (translation) – 17th century: ‘I must keep the rule given by James Mullens. 12th Feb, 1692/3’ (translation) – 18th century: ‘Ed.Maurice’ Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 19. Sarum Missal • Printed in Westminster, 1498. • This was the first Sarum Missal printed in England. • Produced by Julian Notary and Jean Barbier for Fleet Street printer Wynkyn de Worde. • Features liturgical type which was imported from France. • Printers device of William Caxton. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 20. Dialogues on the Ten Commandments • Pynson’s edition of Dialogues on the Ten Commandments, printed in 1493. • Extensively repaired. • Earliest complete work in the English language in the collection. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 21. Dialogues on the Ten Commandments (Fragments) Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 23. Binder’s waste • Parchment manuscript used to reinforce the spine of a printed book. • Plainchant musical notation. • Parchment, being animal skin, was tough and durable, and would not tear. • It was common practice in the past to sew strips of disused parchment into the binding of a book to strengthen it. • Many interesting texts have survived in this way. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 24. Other examples (1) Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 25. Other examples (2) Pen flourished initial letter ‘P’ in manuscript fragment. Note the rubrication (red ink) and decorated folio numbers (red and blue ink). Manuscript pastedown removed from a printed book. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 26. Other examples (3) Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 27. Other examples (4) Parchment manuscript used as binders waste in a book printed in Geneva in 1617. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary Parchment manuscript used to support spine in a book printed in Basle in 1537.
  • 28. Oldest known item in the collection “Mandate for the Citation of John Bar ... Toappear before Thomas (Bourchier) Papal Legate and Archbishop of Canterbury, given at Lambeth 6th February 1468.” Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 30. Shakespearian Fourth Folio • William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to true original copies. Unto which is added, seven plays, never before printed in Folio. • Also known as the ‘Fourth Folio’. • Printed in 1685 for Herringman, Brewster and Bentley of London. • Important in terms of Shakespearian scholarship. • Maurice signed the title page of this work. Portrait of William Shakespeare from the ‘FourthFolio’ Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 31. The Ship of Fools • Sebastian Brandt’s The ship of Fools, printed in London in 1509. • Alexander Barclay edition published in English. • Original work first published in 1494. • Consists of 112 satires, and an epilogue – all illustrated with woodcuts. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 32. A Book of Christian Prayers • Also known as Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book. • Original edition was printed in 1569, this issued printed in 1608 in London. • Contains detailed woodcuts in the style of Dürer and Holbein. Woodcuts from Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 33. Book of Common Prayer (1552) • Second Book of Common Prayer, printed in August 1552 during the reign of Edward VI by Richard Grafton. • Revision of 1549 version. • Developed by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (1489-1556). • Fine woodcuts throughout • Woodcut border on title page with red and black text.Woodcut historiated initial letter Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 34. Tillage and vegetation • Jethro Tull’s The Horse-Hoeing Husbandry: or, An essay on the principles of tillage and vegetation. • Printed in Dublin by the Dublin Society in 1733. • Outlines ‘a Method of introducing a Sort of Vineyard-Culture into the Corn-Fields’. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 35. Other farming works Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 36. Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening & Commerce • Printed in London, 1717. • Contains handwritten instructions on the production of African cement which involves well sifted ashes, lime and sand. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 37. A Book on exercise • Medicina Gymnastica: or a Treatise concerning the Power of Exercise. • Printed in London in 1728. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 38. Voyage de l'Arabie Heureuse • Jean de la Roque’s Voyage de l’Arabie Heureuse. • Printed in Amsterdam in 1716. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 40. Roman Catholic authors Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary The collection features works by various Roman Catholic authors prominent in the 17th and early 18th century, including: • French mathematician, physicist, and Christian philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), one of the first inventors of the mechanical calculator and author of religious literary work The Provincial Letters. Two editions of this title (1698 and 1712) are found in the collection, one of which is signed by Maurice. • French Archbishop François Fénelon (1651-1715), author of The Adventures of Telemachus which was written for the Duke of Burgandy. Fénelon also wrote Dialogues of the Dead and Reflections on Rhetoric and Poetry. All of which are featured in the Collection. • English poet and Catholic convert Richard Crashaw (c1613-1649), author of Poems and Epigrams. A work by George Herbert, one of Crashaw’s influences, is also in the collection as is a sermon by Crashaw’s father William, a devout Protestant clergyman and pamphleteer.
  • 41. Protestant authors Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary The collection also features works by various Protestant authors prominent in the 17th and early 18th century, including: • Richard Baxter (1615-1691), English Puritan and author of A Treaty of Episcopacy (London, 1681). George Morley, Anglican bishop of Worchester, and opponent of Baxter can also be found in the collection. • Anglican author Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), author of A Rationale Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion and A Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome, both of which included attacks on Catholicism and garnered defences from Catholic authors. • English writer and Baptist John Bunyan (1628-1688), author of The Pilgrim’s Progress which he wrote during his imprisonment after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
  • 43. John Hartstonge (1654-1717) • John Hartstonge (1654-1717) was Bishop of Ossory from 1693-1714 when he became Bishop of Derry. • Hartstonge had previously worked as chaplain to James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde. • Seven titles in the Otway-Maurice collection were once in his possession including Francis Mason’s A Vindication of the Church of England (1638). • These range in date from 1516-1639 and include works in Latin, English, French, and Italian. Bookplate of John (Hartstonge) Lord Bishop of Ossory Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 44. Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Baronet (1668?–1730) • At least two works in the collection are associated with Sir Thomas Vesey, Baronet of Abbeyleix and Bishop of Ossory from 1714-30. • A note on the flyleaf of Annotations upon the Holy Bible (1651) which is possibly in the hand of Maurice reads: ‘given me by Sir John Denny Vesey Bar: 1730.’ Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 45. Theodore Maurice (1670-1731) • Theodore Maurice studied at Trinity College Dublin and was Archdeacon of Tuam from 1706-31. • He once owned a significant amount of works in the Otway- Maurice collection (over sixty). • Theodore was most likely a brother of Edward Maurice. • His books include William Falkner’s Christian Loyalty…to the King (1679) Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary Bookplate of Theodore Maurice (1670-1731)
  • 46. Wheeler family Gilbert Wheeler 1724 Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary Edward Wheeler 1732
  • 47. Other provenance information Elisabeth Baker Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary Ex libris: Nat. Foy (possibly Nathaniel Foy, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore) Thomas White His booke and god make him good.
  • 48. Drelincourt family • At least 95 titles in the Otway-Maurice collections are associated with the Drelincourt’s, 36 of these are in French. • Pierre or Peter Drelincourt (1644-1722) was dean of Armagh and the son of French Protestant divine, Charles Drelincourt. • Peter was born in Paris and educated in Geneva but emigrated to Ireland where he gained the support of James Butler, 1st duke of Ormond, before quickly rising to the higher tiers of the Irish Church. He later married the sister of Edward Maurice (Mary Drelincourt). Bookplate of Mrs Ann Drelincourt Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 49. Drelincourt family - example • Peter’s brother Charles Drelincourt (1633- 1697) was a French physician. In 1659 he was appointed as a physician to King Louise XIV and later held the Chair of Medicine at Leiden University before becoming Rector. • An inscription on the pastedown of a work relating to church history reads: ‘For my brother the Dean of Armagh, from your affectionate brother, Charles Drelincourt, Dean of the University of Leiden.1692.’ • Titles include works by the 17th century French cartographer Nicolas Sanson, French philosopher Pierre Bayle, William King, and John Stearne. Note from Charles to Peter Drelincourt Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 51. Progress to date • Books have been frozen to eliminate pest damage and subsequently cleaned. • Loose boards and spines have been secured with archival ties and/orboxes. • A cataloguing project commenced in Summer 2015 and the collection is now findable via the online catalogue with a provenance note indicating collection ownership. • Material is housed in an environmentally controlled secure storage area with optimal temperature and humidity levels. • Items requiring conservation work have been identified and will be repaired by an onsite conservationteam. Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary
  • 52. References Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary • H. Campbell, St Canice’s Library: The Otway-Maurice Collection, 1994. • A. F.Pollard, ‘Otway, Thomas (1616–1693)’, rev. James McGuire, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20945, accessed 3 Oct 2015]. • R. Mant, History of the Church of Ireland, II, John W.Parker, 1840. • Andrew Sneddon, ‘Church of Ireland Missions to Roman Catholics, c. 1700-1800’ in The Oxford Handbook of the British Sermon 1689-1901 edited by K.A. Francis and W.Gibson, Oxford University Press, 2012, p. 538. • Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross…Volume3, edited by William Maziere Brady, London, 1864, p. 99. • Painter, George et. al. (n.d.) Two missals printed for Wynkyn de Worde. Retrieved September 25, 2016 from http://www.bl.uk/eblj/1976articles/pdf/article14.pdf, p.160.
  • 54. Contact details Barbara McCormack, Maynooth UniversityLibrary Barbara McCormack Special Collections JPII Library and Russell Library +353 1 708 3890/3882 barbara.mccormack@nuim.ie All images in this presentation © The Representative Body of the Church of Ireland from the collections of Maynooth University Library.