Category: Library & Archives

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian This is a Cat’s Paw binding – so-called because it looks like a cat has stepped in black paint and…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This small set of printed rules for the use of the Cathedral tower was one of the star turns at this week’s…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This week, instead of focusing on one document we’re looking at the whole archive! The 10th of each month is ‘Explore Your…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian There comes a time in the life of every rare book librarian when you have to think about re-cataloguing books.…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This week we have an Anglo Saxon curiosity from the Archives. There is a small early 11th century document, written in…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian In 1635, Lieutenant Hammond of Norwich made a survey of the western counties of England. On visiting Exeter Cathedral, he…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist A delightful surprise recently emerged in the Archives. These jester-type characters appear on the loose covers of some court books…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian To mark the beginning of Banned Books Week this weekend, here is the Cathedral Library’s copy of the first book…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This watercolour shows the R.D. Blackmore memorial window, painted by A. F. Erridge of J. Wippell & Co. Ltd, Exeter. J. Wippell & Co. were founded in 1789…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Archivist If you visited the Cathedral over the last couple of days your gaze will almost certainly have been drawn upwards…