The Crafts Study Centre has recently acquired a superlative manuscript book made by the late Joan Pilsbury in 1969 featuring Book Two of Wordsworth’s ‘Prelude’. The acquisition was a joint purchase, made with additional support from the Society of Scribes & Illuminators and the Irene Wellington Educational Trust.

The book was acquired from Joan’s son, Jonathan Piers Tyler, who was keen to ensure that it should be kept in a place accessible to the public, where it could be readily seen and admired, and where its consummate artistry would be fully appreciated.