Category: Library & 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian If you flick through the pages of this 19th century Anglican weekly newspaper you will come across the odd issue…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This week we have been celebrating Heritage Open Days, England’s “largest community led festival of history and culture”, with a…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian These dainty sets comprising Hymns Ancient and Modern and The Book of Common Prayer were printed in their thousands in…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist The earliest references to bells at the Cathedral occur in Bishop Leofric’s time during the mid-11th century. Various re-castings, additions…