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Gesner and Aldrovandi
By Ellie Jones, Exeter Cathedral Archivist This month’s In Focus spotlight exhibition ties in with the Gaia installation and features the landmark natural histories of…
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From the Archives: The Charter of Liberties
From the Archives… This famous coronation charter of King Stephen – also known as his Charter of Liberties – confirms the rights of the Church and…
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From the Archives: Wonderful Wills
By Exeter Cathedral Archivist, Ellie Jones Although by their nature they are records relating to a death, wills and probate inventories provide fascinating information about…
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Rare Anglo-Saxon treasures to go on public display at Exeter Cathedral
On Thursday 18 August some of the world’s rarest surviving Anglo-Saxon treasures are to go on public display at Exeter Cathedral. The special exhibition will…
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From the Archives: Golden Charter
By Exeter Cathedral Archivist, Ellie Jones Exeter’s Golden Charter gets its name because the first line is embellished with gold. It is the only known…
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From the Library: Taking in the View
By Exeter Cathedral Librarian Emma Laws While visiting the Lakes last month I cycled along the western shore of Windermere to the Claife Viewing Station,…
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From the Archives: St Sidwell’s Day
Sidwell is Exeter’s very own saint, venerated on 2nd August each year. She was an 8th century Christian martyr who, it is told, was beheaded…
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A Porpoise Found at Dawlish 1468
This extract comes from one of four Excrescence Account books located in the Cathedral’s Library & Archives. These books are some of the largest in…
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From the archives: Eunice Overend’s account of the 1942 air raids
In May 1942, Eunice Overend was a biology student at the University College of the South West (she later became a biology teacher and naturalist,…
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Conversations in Chemistry by Jane Marcet (1805)
8 March marks International Women’s Day – a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. In the Cathedral Library we…