San Agustin Museum Library
Inner courtyard of San Agustin Church Photo: LMP 2001 via Wikipedia
In June 2022, as part of the 1762 Archive Project, Prof. Christina Lee and Dr. Cristina Juan visited San Agustin Monastery in Manila to search for materials that may have survived the British looting of 1762.
Despite historical accounts claiming the library had been completely emptied, a search of the convent’s storage uncovered 61 volumes, many bearing pre-1762 markings such as San Agustin Library bookplates, Archbishop Rojo’s signature. Several titles matched entries in the 1762 Inventarium, the monastery’s pre-invasion catalogue.
