Category: Library & Archives

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist ‘Trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well’ is a splendid way to begin a letter. Better than simply ‘Dear…’, or…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist The ‘Devon in the 1920s’ festival has been running throughout the year, with events across the county. This week, our…

By Canon Ian Morter On 4 October, the Western Church celebrates perhaps one of its most popular saints – Francis of Assisi. I was pleased…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Towards the end of his life, Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, known as Francis of Assisi, returned to the town…

By Ellie Jones (with thanks to Diane Walker) Research often takes us in unexpected directions. One day this week, whilst looking into the spectacular wedding…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian This past summer I began reading Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time. It’s actually taking me rather a long…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Frontispieces are visual introductions to books. This beautiful frontispiece engraving by the Dutch engraver, Pieter van den Berge, introduces the…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian This book has seen better days. True, there are no queues at the West Wing door to see it today…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Every Cat-hedral has its cat stories (sorry, I couldn’t resist!) and Exeter is no exception. From unnamed cats on the…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian This engraved plate is from the Cathedral Library’s first-edition copy of De Ludis Orientalibus Libri Duo, a history of Eastern…