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ALT A view of the exterior of the Museum of English Rural Life taken from ground level in the garden.
![Black Parker fountain pen with Cartier gold book charm of Finnegans Wake [SSJ-OBJ/002]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F689xUOWgAA8TwY.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Black Parker fountain pen with Cartier gold book charm of Finnegans Wake [SSJ-OBJ/002]
ALT Copy of 'Stephen Le Heros', open to the title page. The page is white with a red title at the top.
ALT Three black and white photographs of Dr Nellie B. Eales at her 90th birthday party. She is seen standing beside the cake in a smart suit, cutting the cake and handing out slices of the cake on a tray.
ALT A collection of iced biscuits designed to look like decorative book binding tools. The biscuits are all different shapes and sizes: some are triangular, designed to fit snugly in the corner of a book; others are square, oval, or diamond-shaped. Most of the biscuits have a patchy dark background. The designs piped onto the biscuit surfaces feature interweaving curled lines, leaves, spirals, and decorative dots. These raised, 3D designs are painted with metallic lustre dust in different shades of gold, silver, and bronze to make the biscuits look like metal stamps. The biscuits are brushed with dark powder so they appear dirty and aged.
ALT Various library items from Lambeth palace library on display, from 16th to 20th century.
ALT Taken from a prayer book - possibly Queen Elizabeth 1st’s. A coloured illustration of Queen Elizabeth on her knees in prayer. Next page titled ‘prayers to be read in the morning and first when you awake out of your sleep, pray thus’
ALT Embroidered velvet book binding with leaves and acorns. In the centre is a circle with a phoenix coming out of the flames.
ALT Lambeth’s Gutenberg Bible. Open on a page with hand-painted floral decoration bordering the text.
ALT Various library items from Lambeth palace library on display, from 16th to 20th century.
ALT Taken from a prayer book - possibly Queen Elizabeth 1st’s. A coloured illustration of Queen Elizabeth on her knees in prayer. Next page titled ‘prayers to be read in the morning and first when you awake out of your sleep, pray thus’
ALT Embroidered velvet book binding with leaves and acorns. In the centre is a circle with a phoenix coming out of the flames.
ALT Lambeth’s Gutenberg Bible. Open on a page with hand-painted floral decoration bordering the text.
ALT A telegram sent to James Joyce by Samuel Beckett.
