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Early Printing: Indulgences (picture-this)
Picture This… October 2021 The monthly ‘Picture This…’ articles highlight items from the collections of Canterbury Cathedral and related collections, and are written by postgraduate students from the University of... read more...
Item 10: The King James Bible (page)
Author: Fawn Todd, Cathedral Librarian Few books in the history of the English language can claim, as the King James Bible can, to have had such an impact on the... read more...
Item 9: The Coverdale Bible (page)
Author: Fawn Todd, Cathedral Librarian Although perhaps not as glamourous as some of the other volumes in this series, the Coverdale Bible still marks an important point in the history... read more...
Scratching the Surface: Medieval Graffiti (picture-this)
Picture This… September 2021 The monthly ‘Picture This…’ articles highlight items from the collections of Canterbury Cathedral and related collections, and are written by postgraduate students from the University of... read more...
A Victorian Becket: the statue on Henry Chichele’s tomb (picture-this)
Picture This… August 2021 The monthly ‘Picture This…’ articles highlight items from the collections of Canterbury Cathedral and related collections, and are written by postgraduate students from the University of... read more...
Item 7: Cashing in on a new invention: Aldus Manutius, italic type and small-format books (page)
Author: David Shaw, Cathedral Library volunteer The year 1501 saw an important innovation in the rapidly expanding printing industry. The Venetian printer and bookseller Aldus Manutius (Aldo Manuzio, c. read more...
Study suggests Cathedral’s Ancestor windows among oldest in Europe (post)
A group of windows from Canterbury Cathedral may be the earliest extant stained glass windows in England, according to a team of scientists from UCL and conservators from Canterbury Cathedral.... read more...
John Grandisson’s Life of St Thomas Becket (picture-this)
Picture This… July 2021 The monthly ‘Picture This…’ articles highlight items from the collections of Canterbury Cathedral and related collections, and are written by postgraduate students from the University of... read more...
NEW Cathedral Tours (page)
Discover the precincts, gardens, and history of Canterbury Cathedral with our new tours. read more...
Pilgrimage in practice: William Brewyn’s guide to Rome (picture-this)
Picture This… June 2021 The monthly ‘Picture This…’ articles highlight items from the collections of Canterbury Cathedral and related collections, and are written by postgraduate students from the University of... read more...
Item 6: The Nuremberg Chronicle (page)
Author: Fawn Todd, Cathedral Librarian Some books go by many names. read more...