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The Sherborne Missal - Add MS 74236 - folio 85

England, c 1399-1407

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Let the eternal light shine on Lucy with its light, by the intercession of Mary’s prayer, because she flowered just like a spring rose.

The mortuary roll of Lucy of Hedingham

What is the measure of a life once it has ended? In the early decades of the 13th century, the Benedictine nuns of Castle Hedingham Priory i

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The mortuary roll of Lucy of Hedingham

What is the measure of a life once it has ended? In the early decades of the 13th century, the Benedictine nuns of Castle Hedingham Priory i

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Margaret Fell, sometimes described as the Mother of Quakerism died today - the 23rd April 1702 in the 88th year of her age.

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Angel from The Sherborne Missal (Add MS 74236) - folio 61

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Palm Sunday, Christ Enters Jerusalem

Luttrell Psalter - folio 90r ADD MS 42130

Made in Lincolnshire, England 1325-1340

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Arundel MS60 folio 12v - 13r

Winchester, England c1090

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Luttrell Psalter f182v - f183r

1325-1340, Lincolnshire, England

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Luttrell Psalter f.71v

1325-1340 Lincolnshire, England

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The Crucifixion from the mighty Sherborne Missal. p.360.

The manuscript pages measure 53cm x 38cm and weighs 20kg in total.

c.1399-1407 Add MS 74236

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The Luttrell Psalter f.71v

1325-1340

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The Luttrell Psalter f.71r

1325-1340

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When the plague hit the village of Eyam,a public meeting was held at which it was pointed out that if everyone fled the village to save themselves then the plague would spread to the surrounding area and possibly to the entire country. Although no fence kept them in the people regarded it as there Christian duty not to leave, so they stayed, and hundreds of them died

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In Durham Cathedral, Cuthbert’s Tomb is opened in 1104, among the many items found in the coffin is this beautiful little pocket book of the Gospel of St John. This is the oldest European Book with it’s original cover and binding still intact. 

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Today is St Cuthbert’s Day - 20th March

A facsimile copy of the Lindisfarne Gospels, which were made in his honour placed on his tomb in Durham Cathedral.  Cuthbert died in 20th March AD687

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In early modern England, the act of writing a poem did not always begin with a flash of inspiration. One manuscript at the British Library offers a glimpse of how an anonymous poet used the words of others to get started. Stowe MS 962 is a comprehensive collection of early...