Director, Research & Collections, Cambridge University Library. Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College. Proctor. AIL Panel. Country House Library (2017). Private views.
Cambridge, UK
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The writing is on the wall
BL Add 11695; Jerome, Commentary on Daniel; 1091-1109; Spain, North; f.235r @BLMedieval
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A really jolly book launch and an amazing cake from Oxford’s own @happycakesuk
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2 Sept 1691: d. Shen Fuzong Michael Alphonsus of Nanjing of shipboard fever en route from Lisbon to Goa. Shen had toured Europe with plans for new Jesuit missions in China. In 1687 James II asked Godfrey Kneller to paint Shen's portrait which is still in The Royal Collection.
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Such a beautiful mix of textures.
A little bit of everything to be seen looking at the rear wall of Trinity College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge.
#WallsonWednesday
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The barrel-vaulted choir ceiling at Carlisle Cathedral. The decoration dates to restoration work carried out in 1853, but the main ceiling timbers are 14th century in date. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #CarlisleCathedral
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The tomb of the Venerable Bede in the 12th century Galilee Chapel at Durham Cathedral. Bede’s relics were transferred from Jarrow to Durham in 1022, and eventually placed in the Galilee Chapel during the later 14th century. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #DurhamCathedral #Bede
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✨ A real treasure of a pub - Nellie's in Beverley is still lit by gas lamps and has grown organically over 100's of years into a warren of corridors and cosy rooms. Entering involves stepping down into post medieval floor levels. More 📸 👉 digest.andymarshall.co/treas…
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Not a bad view over @LichfieldCath, home of the St Chad Gospels, an illuminated Anglo Saxon gospel book from c730.
>> englishcathedrals.co.uk/cath…
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The magnificent alabaster tomb of William Phelip, 6th Baron Bardolph (d.1441) & Joan, Lady Bardolph (d.1447) at St Mary, Dennington, Suffolk.
Sir William fought with Henry V at Agincourt. In 1438 the couple obtained a royal licence for a chantry at Dennington.
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#Fireplace (detail), Venetian drawing room. #CarltonTowers, #Yorkshire. #EWPugin. 1871-74.@CarltonTowers
#awnpugin #pugin #gothicrevival #carltontowers #ewpugin #gothicrevivalfireplace #edwardwelbypugin #edwardpugin #pugindesign #puginfireplace #pugincarltonhall
@TheHeraldrySoc
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Who says Essex is a boring county?
I give you St Nicholas Church,
Little Braxted.
#Essex
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Medieval floor tile from Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset. The tile is on display in the abbey museum. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #ShaftesburyAbbey #Dorset
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St Tibba was either the daughter or niece of King Penda of Mercia, she became a Christian hermit living a devout, solitary life of religious seclusion
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It's fun to remember how we celebrated the 900th anniversary of the Battle oh Hastings in 1966 the-tls.com/regular-features… @TheTLS I love this Pooh version by E Shepard complete with Latin (it was also 100th anniversary of Winnie the Pooh)
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A very scarce survival. A thin booklet from 1843. It charts the service, illness & pious death of a domestic servant called Maria as tribute to her and an example for others. Interesting social history: leaving us to wonder what Maria's own version would have been like.
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#StChad's Cathedral, #Birmingham. Designed by #AWNPugin and manufactured by #GeorgeMyers' workshop, 1838-41. @StChadsBirm
#pugin #gothicrevival #puginstchad #pugindesign #pugincathedral #puginbirmingham #gothicrevivalarchitecture #stchadcathedral #gothicrevivalcathedral #design
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Great news that 'The Abbey of St Edmund, Reborn' project at @stedscath has been awarded £7.137m in Heritage Lottery funding! This will see the completion of the Cathedral's western cloister with an Abbey interpretation centre, and much else besides
