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The Weather Within
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian In the 5th century BC, the Greek philosopher Empedocles pioneered the theory that the universe is made up of four…
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Musical Opinions
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist It has been almost eerily quiet in the Library & Archives this half term without the familiar soundscape of chorister…
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Stitches in time
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian The word ‘sampler’ comes from the Latin ‘exemplum’, meaning example. In the 16th and 17th centuries, proficientneedleworkers created samplers to…
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Centenarians
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist In 19th century England the average life expectancy was just 35-40 years (it is now double that). Although it seems…
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May Day
By Ellie Jones, Exeter Cathedral Archivist Many people across Britain are looking forward to the long May Day holiday this weekend. Although 1 May is…
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Ursula Radford’s Devon Church Photographs
By Ellie Jones, Exeter Cathedral Archivist We have recently completed a project to repackage the majority of our small photographs and postcards into special archival…
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Collecting Medicine: Thomas Glass and The Cathedral Library
By Emily Chircop How did Exeter Cathedral become home to so many medical texts? The history of the Cathedral Library collection is connected to the…
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Learning To Fight Smallpox: Edward Jenner’s Inquiry
By Emily Chircop For most of human history, smallpox was a truly devastating disease, spreading rapidly through communities and especially affecting vulnerable children. Up to…
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Understanding Human Anatomy: The Works of Vesalius and Harvey
By Emily Chircop How did physicians in the past learn about human anatomy? For over a thousand years, they primarily studied the work of the…
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Ibn Sina’s Canon: Medicine From The Medieval Islamic World
By Emily Chircop Until the 16th century, almost all Western medicine relied on key concepts from ancient Greece and Rome, such as the teachings of…