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From the Archives: The son-et-lumiere of 1969
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist December is an interesting time at the Cathedral. Life gets busier and busier in the Cathedral with Advent and Christmas…
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John Glandville Hawker of Eldad Buildings
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian This notebook, a recent donation, is blank apart from handwritten notes – possibly sermon notes – on Genesis and Revelation,…
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“In want of soil” for World Soil Day (5 December)
By N. Jaberi and Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Soil is that vital mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and small organisms that is so…
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Reading for Fun
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian We all know the benefit of early reading, but it seems that coaxing children to read has always been a…
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William Carey: An Affable Bishop
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Once described as “a thick-set, bandy-legged man with puck-like nose and chin, but with a good-humoured expression of face, pleasant…
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Jumbled Together: Dean Lyttelton’s work on the archives
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Hampers, baskets and drawers were the storage containers of choice for the Cathedral’s archives in the past, before neat rows…
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Copes, cassocks and croziers
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Medieval scribes and artists often decorated the initial letters at the beginning of paragraphs or sections of text. These initials…
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Will of Henry de Berbilonde, 1296
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This fine example of a medieval will was made by Henry de Berbilonde in 1296. Berbilonde was one of the…
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Petition from the poor priests of Exeter (c.1450s)
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This letter addressed to Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter and to Thomas, Earl of Devon asks for help in petitioning…
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Copper-plated Cartography
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Prior to the 16th century, mapmakers printed maps using a ‘relief’ method of printing: wood-engraving. The engraver drew the image…