dom sylvester houédard Book Collection

Medium: Printed

Number of items: 2000 items

The book collection of dom sylvester houédard (1924-1992), the Benedictine monk of Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire, reflects his heterogeneous interests.

The collection includes:

• theological and liturgical works
• texts on eastern religion, philosophy and culture (in particular on Buddhism and Tibet)
• examples of concrete poetry, artists' books and the output of small presses in Europe and the United States
• texts on literature in general, art and design
• many rare 'fanzine'-style poetry magazines from the 1960s and '70s
• three-dimensional works of art such as an elephant maquette by Eduardo Paolozzi

See also:

• dom sylvester houédard Papers
• Li Yuan-chia Archive

Further information:

Uncatalogued. The poetry and little magazines in this collection have been listed. An A-Z list of titles and issues is available via the Special Collections reading rooms..

Location:

• The John Rylands Library, Deansgate  [Map]
• Find out how to use the reading rooms in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library