Hand-Carved History

ID: 2313 ~ Source: Norbert Brown Collection, Knox County Public Library ~ Date: 2019
This file appears in: Old Cathedral’s Bruté Library
Hand-Carved History

Everything from daily used utensils in 18th century France to a modern state championship basketball may be seen here.

This file appears in: Old Cathedral’s Bruté Library

By Knox County Public Library
Who is Bishop Simon Bruté? He was a brilliant man whose remains are interred in a crypt beneath the altar in the Old Cathedral behind you. Bruté was born and raised in Rennes, France in 1779. He studied in France and became a medical doctor during…