It is illustrated with simple and charming woodcuts.

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Henry Graves Bull, a local doctor, together with Robert Hogg, an expert in apple-lore, produced a descriptive catalogue of all the different types, which was illustrated with full-sized chromolithographs of over four hundred specimens, after paintings by Dr Bull’s daughter, Edith, and Alice B. Ellis. Britain’s highest medieval monastery is a remote ruin nestled at the head of a valley 1,240 feet above the sea. Translated with great diligence, with reference to the earliest sources then available, by a team of leading scholars, the result was one of the most beautiful works in the English language, from which many phrases still commonly in use have were taken. This 12th century manuscript of the four Gospels contains an outstanding miniature painting of St Mark, depicting the evangelist winged and lion-headed, in the act of writing, with his work resting on a portable desk on his lap. It was the only book to survive the sacking of the Cathedral in 1055 and this apparent miracle reinforced its value as a revered relic. In the early seventeenth century, chained libraries could be found in universities and cathedrals, but this is the only one still to be chained. It would probably have been used in the cathedral by the person leading the services, which would have taken place in the Choir. The Cathedral where they only ask for donations is far more interesting. Please click below to consent to the use of this technology while browsing our site. Giving off serious Hogwarts vibes, Hereford Cathedral’s Chained Library is the largest of its kind in the world. The one-way route through the Mappa Mundi & Chained Library is easy to follow, but one of our volunteers may ask you to wait outside the Mappa Mundi chamber for other visitors to move on to ensure everyone’s visit is comfortable.

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