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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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Some of my recent pictures from inside the magnificent Peterborough Cathedral.
Anglo Saxon sculpture known as the “Hedda Stone” - c800, view to the hugh altar, some of the stunning fan vaulting and the tomb of Henry VIII first wife Katharine of Aragon - with Pomegranates, her heraldic symbol.
I need a better camera !
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The Luttrell Psalter - folio 53v
Add MS 42130 - Made for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell of Lincolnshire, England - 1320-1340
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The familiar and the strange. Probably the Common Blue Damselfly
Luttrell Psalter f.36v, Add MS 42130,
Dated 1325-1330
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