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World Turtle Day 2018
This super-cute turtle is from our Library’s copy of Ulysses Aldrovandi ‘De quadrupedib[us] digitatis viviparis libri tres, et, De quadrupedib[us] digitatis oviparis libri duo / Bartholomaeus…
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Sealing medieval documents
This wonderful document from the Cathedral’s Library and Archives dates from 1282-3, and is shown with its seal. It records the grant of a tenement…
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Winter poetry, courtesy of Horace
Two versions of Horace’s Ode 1.9, one in English (1684) and the other in Latin (1733), part of the Latin literature section of the Library…
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World Book Day 2018
The recent tradition on World Book Day (1st March) is for schoolchildren to dress as characters from their favourite books. Whilst the Cathedral’s Library and…
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Galileo Galilei – born on this day (15th February) 1564
On This Day (15 Feb) 1564 Galileo Galilei was born Here is a portrait of Galileo from one of the Cathedral Library’s two copies of…
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Colour Our Collections
As part of the annual #colorourcollections / #colourourcollections initiave, Exeter Cathedral’s Library and Archive is joining with museums around the world in offering free colouring…
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100th Anniversary Celebrated on the Cathedral Bells.
The Exeter Cathedral bells will ring out this evening, following the 17.30 Evensong, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ‘Representation of the People Act…
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Ready, aye ready
Mounted in a glass case high up on the wall in the south west corner of the cathedral, where it is often overlooked by visitors,…
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Gallopavo – a Christmas turkey from the Library and Archives
“One William Strickland is widely credited with being the first person to bring turkeys to Britain from North America, supposedly importing six of them acquired…